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Germans Have At Least 7 Words For Train Stations. Because Of Course They Do.

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments angie schmitt, bahnsteig, bvg, db, deutsche bahn, Durchgangsbahnhof, english, german, germany, Gleiswechselbetriebsstelle, Hochgeschwindigkeitszug, Inselbahnsteig, kopfbahnhof, language, linguistics, seitenbahnsteig, Spitzkehrenbahnhof, subway, train platform, train station design, train stations, trains, transit, u-bahn

Fahrkarte, bitte! We’re going on a lingusitic-infrastructural journey to learn about how infrastructure thinking is baked into the very language we use to describe it.