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Why would wagon return make sense? I don’t see the connection. A carriage is something that holds things for transport. A wagon is specifically the wheeled thin
by adastra22 1y ago
Why would wagon return make sense? I don’t see the connection. A carriage is something that holds things for transport. A wagon is specifically the wheeled thing that is pulled along. Typewriters aren’t wheeled transports.
- Etheryte 1y agoIt makes sense because it's the same word in Swedish, the distinction doesn't exist.
- amszmidt 1y agoA carriage is a wagon that transports people, not "things", a carriage are also usually wheeled, just like wagons. In this case, one reason why "wagon return" might have made more sense is because there is a wagon that holds the platen of the typewriter.
- adastra22 1y agoIt is a standard engineering term, e.g. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_carriage https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_carriage
- 3036e4 1y agoI said "as much sense", not "more". I am just not used to a language that makes the distinction. Doesn't seem perfectly consistent in English either. When there is a "wagon train" in a Western movie it is often full of people in wagons. Seems like wagon vs carriage is a bit more complex than just if it carries people or not? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covered_wagon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covered_wagon
- _9ptr 1y agoCarriage is another word for wagon (german Wagen, swedish vagn)