It's Ebbsfleet United FC

[JFW]

Further down the article the BBC describes it as a Railway Station, which is what it is, not Train Station nor just Station.

 

[kaizen]

Either way, I'm not sure that "Railway Station United" or "Train Station United" are an improvement on "Ebbsfleet United" Given the choice of the three, think I'll stick with "Ebbsfleet"

[BustaGut]

Originally Posted By: JFW

Further down the article the BBC describes it as a Railway Station, which is what it is, not Train Station nor just Station.

You sure it's not a terminal ?

[American FLEET FAN No1]

Originally Posted By: BustaGut

Originally Posted By: JFW

Further down the article the BBC describes it as a Railway Station, which is what it is, not Train Station nor just Station.

You sure it's not a terminal ?

A Terminal is only applicable to a Station where the line ends!
Do you know something we don't?

[BustaGut]

Originally Posted By: American FLEET FAN No1

Originally Posted By: BustaGut

Originally Posted By: JFW

Further down the article the BBC describes it as a Railway Station, which is what it is, not Train Station nor just Station.

You sure it's not a terminal ?

A Terminal is only applicable to a Station where the line ends!
Do you know something we don't?

where do airport terminals end then, surley there only Aircraft Stations? when a plane docks,it pulls into a station at the terminal

[American FLEET FAN No1]

A Terminal is where the flight ends..............But I thought we were talking about trains, and stations!

[Andrewc]

Originally Posted By: kmj

Please, please, please, please, please! Do not call it a "train station". It is a railway station or just a station. Use of the prefix "train" is chav speak and just drives me (and any other sane person mad).

I agree !!

[Andrewc]

and another thing what's all this 'two times' we keep hearing about, as in 'two times world champion'

 

It's twice !

 

 

[DA11]

Is it terminal or terminus?

[BustaGut]

I used to drink in the Terminus pub

[1 F in Fleet]

So which pair of knickers above the bar were yours , Busta ???

[BustaGut]

Originally Posted By: 1_F_in_Fleet

So which pair of knickers above the bar were yours , Busta ???

I dont remember the knickers, I could only just see over the bar,but learnt to keep out on a Friday night as that was fight night,

[Bernard]

Originally Posted By: DA11

Is it terminal or terminus?

Terminal is an adjective (as in 'terminal illness'), terminus is a noun. Therefore, a station is a terminus.

[Hempstead Gaz]

Originally Posted By: Bernard

Originally Posted By: DA11

Is it terminal or terminus?

Terminal is an adjective (as in 'terminal illness'), terminus is a noun. Therefore, a station is a terminus.

Codswollop!!!

From Collins junior dictionary (my daughter's):
TERMINAL : noun (plural terminals)
a place where people begin or end their journeys by aeroplane or ship. eg. Our fight leaves from Terminal 3.

[David Holden]

Not True

 

terminal (BUILDING)

noun [C]

the area or building at a station, airport or port which is used by passengers leaving or arriving by train, aircraft or ship:

 

Cambridge Dictionary

 

 

 

[American FLEET FAN No1]

You beat me to it David, and Gary, but my reference is from the Oxford English Dictionary! Isn't Education a wonderful thing?

[Hempstead Gaz]

Curiously, a Terminal can be either the departure or arrival place - whilst a Terminus is only the place of arrival.

 

Having worked at Waterloo International Terminal for 4 years it was always referred to as a Terminal whilst in London, but when working in Paris or Brussels, it was always called to terminus.

[American FLEET FAN No1]

OK..Schools out! That has always been the endearing thing about the English Language. If you mis-use a word, or meaning of a word, long enough, it passes into everyday use!

[Hempstead Gaz]

Bring back Hilda Baker and Stanley Unwin!!!

[Unrecognized Genius]

Terminal can be used as a noun (Waterloo International Terminal) or an adjective (terminal illness.) Terminus can only be a noun.

 

My guess is AFF has hit the nail on the head. Terminal probably started off as the adjective derived from terminus and was originally always used in connection with a noun which it described. However, over time the noun was dropped so often that terminal became one in its own right through usage. Some words completely change meaning. "Nice" meant over precise or fussy under 200 years ago & when Shakespeare used "naughty" and "saucy" there was no "Oooh-er, missus" element attached.

 

Think I've bored everyone enough now.

 

EC