Comment on Uber's new shuttle service sounds a lot like a bus route
vegetal@lemmy.world 5 months agoFor me it’s the marketing that makes me roll my eyes. Shuttle instead of bus when in the United States. (Curiously, in other countries it’s called bus.)
Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
The only time I hear shuttle used is for a thing that transports between two locations specifically. A “shuttle” from the airport to a hotel or whatever, for example. This seems to match the definition of shuttle also, so I think it’s correct. It has nothing to do with marketing, rather actually using the proper term.
vegetal@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not to add a wrinkle but a bus also goes between two points.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
A bus goes between many points usually.
vegetal@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Interesting way of thinking of a bus route.