NothingSpecial >> #29703
Posted on 2013-06-27 13:33:40 Score: 1 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
Can I call the bus "a car" in English?

Mr_Ruse >> #29731
Posted on 2013-06-28 00:14:54 Score: 1 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
An old Dutch word for "bus" is "autobus".

Which translates into "car bus".

Meaning this is a car cat bus.

Snuffleheim >> #29736
Posted on 2013-06-28 00:53:36 Score: 1 (vote Up/Down)   (Report as spam)
^Well actually, it's not, because the word "auto" that many European languages use for "car" is just a shortening from the word for "car" that was contemporary with "autobus". In other words, an "autobus" is as much a "car bus" as an "automobile" is a...

Oh, right, ruining the joke... heh heh... I'll just... heh... *slinks away*

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