BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down112
arrow-up1107arrow-down1message-squareLanguages without the letter U can't call it a U turn.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareTheMoose@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year ago“U-turn” isn’t more complicated, it’s describing the motion literally: making a U-shaped turn
minus-squareGargleBlaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoIsn’t it more like a n-shaped turn?
minus-squareDdhuud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt could also be seen as the intersection of 2 sets. But you can’t call it an intersection, the name is taken.
minus-squarewheeldawg@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
minus-squarebreathless_RACEHORSE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNot if you’re coming from the other direction.
minus-squarepoweruser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThank you for breaking my brain
“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
If you want to have to specify lowercase, sure.
Not if you’re coming from the other direction.
Thank you for breaking my brain