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In case anyone else wondered why an A380 would include religious symbolism: in North American English, a crèche is a Christmas nativity scene with baby Jesus, w
by kens 7y ago
In case anyone else wondered why an A380 would include religious symbolism: in North American English, a crèche is a Christmas nativity scene with baby Jesus, while in British English, a crèche is a nursery/daycare. The latter makes much more sense on a plane.
- mattlondon 7y agoInteresting - I assumed creche was an American term and widely understood. In the UK I've never heard it used much (we typically use "nursery" but I opted for creche based on the assumption that most readers are not UK-natives)
- sapphire_tomb 7y agoI'm from the UK and I hear crèche used way more than nursery.
- zupzupper 7y agoNursery is way more common here in the States, creche is usually used when someone is writing sci-fi or fantasy and wants to sound fancy =)
- logfromblammo 7y agoNurseries are for human children; creches are for ineffable alien offspring-rearing purposes.
- wishinghand 7y agoI agree with that. I’ve only known crèches as places where a human body is held in order to be augmented or have a mind transfer to a body in a second crèche.
- alex_duf 7y agoIt's French, it means both nursery and the nativity scene. Each side of the Atlantic decided to land on the other definition
- bostik 7y agoCréche is for children, nursery is for plants. Simple. (UK resident.)
- chrisseaton 7y ago> a crèche is a Christmas nativity scene with baby Jesus That's a scene... of a crèche. It's the same terminology.