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Originally Posted by Schumi
The reason we say "no smoking on the bus" instead of "in the bus" is all etymology.... People used to ride ON carriages and ON horses, on wagons... etc.. We have since started riding IN cars.. but people still use on for passenger transportation.
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Wow! Etymology is something new here. This makes sense. After 40-some years, I now know. I thank you and your prof.
Now, next time you see him, ask him about the "alarm going off" for me.
Sorry guys, I just finished reading 500-pages worth of computer-documentation written in British/Canadian format (e.g., organisation vs. organization, labour vs labor, the "s" instead of the "z", the "ou" instead of the "o"). Grrr!