Posted Aug 13, 2012, 7:21 PM
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Khan
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Kingston, Ontario
Posts: 5,003
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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
The analogy was just fine actually. The problem is people seem to be missing an important central point.
Like I said many posts ago, the term "Rapid Transit" is not a description or an adjective placed on a transit system to describe how fast or frequent it is. It is a technical term used for a transit system with a specific set of characteristics.
The same thing with the term SUV. It is not an adjective that you can randomly apply to any vehicle that you feel offers sportiness and utility. It is a specific term for truck-based passenger vehicle that is enclosed and lacks a truck bed. You have the right to feel that the choice of names wasn't a good or appropriate one, but it is what it is.
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Fair enough. I suppose that is what I'm doing, suggesting that the definition of the technical term seems rather unhelpful.
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