BarqsHasBite to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-square53fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down120
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareTheMooselinkfedilink3•2 years ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-square@Ddhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•2 years agoIt could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
minus-square@breathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 years agoNot if you’re coming from the other direction.
minus-square@anakin78z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 years agoDoesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
minus-square@wheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoIf you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
Isn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
It could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
∩-turn
Not if you’re coming from the other direction.
Doesn’t matter, the driver is always the frame of reference
If you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
Thank you for breaking my brain