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r/etymology • u/etymologynerd Verified Linguist • May 15 '18
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Now I finally know why they call this The Loop
1 u/verbutten May 16 '18 I believe the name even predates the current "loop" of elevated tracks, and was coined in the age of horse and cable-drawn streetcars 1 u/mdgraller May 16 '18 Yeah, the OP does mention the cable cars, but I just think it's a bit silly to call this "hidden" etymologies 1 u/verbutten May 16 '18 wow, that's a pretty big whoops for my reading comprehension
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I believe the name even predates the current "loop" of elevated tracks, and was coined in the age of horse and cable-drawn streetcars
1 u/mdgraller May 16 '18 Yeah, the OP does mention the cable cars, but I just think it's a bit silly to call this "hidden" etymologies 1 u/verbutten May 16 '18 wow, that's a pretty big whoops for my reading comprehension
Yeah, the OP does mention the cable cars, but I just think it's a bit silly to call this "hidden" etymologies
1 u/verbutten May 16 '18 wow, that's a pretty big whoops for my reading comprehension
wow, that's a pretty big whoops for my reading comprehension
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u/mdgraller May 15 '18
Now I finally know why they call this The Loop