[Tlhingan-hol] Trains

[Robyn Stewart]

Likewise. (Canada). I would say that I had to wait for a train at the 
level crossing, never for "a locomotive pulling a train". In fact, I 
can't write "pulling a train" without being slightly embarrassed by 
its slang meaning.

My father was English, but he was fond of the saying, "When God said 
brains he thought He said trains, and let them all go by," which 
implies that he was also happy to refer to the whole vehicle as a train.

Also, I call the locomotive the "engine" when the train context is 
already clear, as in "that train had three engines at the front and 
one in the middle," so were I forced to specify the locomotive I 
would probably say the luHwI' or the HoSwI' or the vIHmoHwI' and 
trust the train context to do the rest.

- Robyn

At 07:52 '?????' 11/22/2012, David Trimboli wrote:
>On 11/22/2012 10:45 AM, Fiat Knox wrote:
>
>>"Train" as in "locomotive?" The "train" usually refers to the carriages
>>being pulled along behind the actual locomotive itself, so perhaps
>>something like "lupwI' thlegh'a'" (big line of carriages) perhaps?
>
>In my (American Mid-Atlantic) dialect of English, all the cars plus 
>the locomotive are called a "train." I recognize the distinction 
>you're making, but it sounds like jargon to me.
>
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