Re: Trams are Cars?

["Ron BESDANSKY (formerly Ron BEST)" <ronbest@bigpond.com>]

Jack Frost <ab1177@Privacy.nu> wrote in message
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> They were known as cars in UK

Indeed - one of my favourite songs is a musical hall number from the 1930s
"Riding on top of the car", about the joys of riding upstairs on double-deck
trams.

Also, Americans would say "I don't have the car fare", meaning I haven't got
enough money to catch a tram. The Americans use "auto" at least as much as
they use "car" to mean "motorcar".

Rgds

Ron BESDANSKY