Not actually a shower thought, saw an old document that labeled it air-port. I don’t think I would have ever made the connection.

(I’ve found people can be rude about word breakdowns, but I’m posting it anyway. Be better.)

  • @[email protected]
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    56 months ago

    Because a station is a place you pull up to an leave going the same direction, and a port is a place you enter and then go back out the same way.

    Airplanes come down to a port, then go back up.

    Boats come into a port, then back out to sea.

    Buses come into a station, then go along their way. Same as trains.

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      26 months ago

      Buses come from a road and then go back to the same road, so this line of reasoning makes no sense.

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        36 months ago

        The buses never leave the road. The station is on the road.

        When buses pull into spaces, then back out, it’s called a bus port.

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          16 months ago

          I don’t know what bus stations you’ve been to, but every bus station I’ve been to was something like an airport. Everything else has been a bus stop.