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Shortening “Norfolk Southern” to “Norfolk” makes this confusing to read. Norfolk is a city (and former HQ of Norfolk Southern). “Union” isn’t shortened the same
by count 1y ago
Shortening “Norfolk Southern” to “Norfolk” makes this confusing to read. Norfolk is a city (and former HQ of Norfolk Southern). “Union” isn’t shortened the same…
Also, railroads are already monopoly, it’s not like anyone can lay down new tracks, and operators aren’t required to allow 3rd parties on their networks…
- infecto 1y agoOnly confusing if you think it’s more likely that a railroad company is buying a town instead of another large railroad company… They may be a monopoly in their regions but this would be the first time in a long while we had the same name coast to coast.
- dowager_dan99 1y agoyes, railways don't buy towns, they build them from scratch!
- pixelpoet 1y agoDon't forget the famous Norfolk island, whose TLD is .nf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Island The fastest Mandelbrot rendering algorithm, using a perturbation method, was developed by a guy from there.
- drcongo 1y agoBelieve me, it's a lot more confusing to british people.
- CGMthrowaway 1y agoUsed to be called Norfolk & Petersburg. Now it's two city names. Does that make it less confusing?