On Tue 25 Sep 2018 at 20:27:42 +0200, Étienne Mollier wrote: > Brad Rogers, on 2018-09-24: > > Even worse, google's recaptcha relies on US-centric > > terminology. Sadly, many of the images they consider to be of > > a bus are more like coaches to some Europeans. Cars are a > > minefield; > > To a subset of Europeans quite known to be not at ease with > English, coaches are « cars », just like bread is « pain ». :-)
I thought coaches were charas (pronounced "sharras", (short as)). "Charabanc" is a bit of a mouthful. The vehicles were used to take one to Blackpool. (Note to non-English speakers. Don't drop the word "chara" into casual conversataion about transport; natural English politeness will get you a nod of the head but there will be incomprehension in the mind). -- Brian.
