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Norwegian term or phrase:
T-bane-surfing
English translation:
tube surfing
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Sven Petersson
Feb 21, 2018 18:17
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Yes, there are people nutty enough to do this.
The question before the court is not their mental competence, but instead which of the following choices anyone has seen employed. The client has specified UK English, which in this case is the root of my trouble. My American-born urge to use "subway surfing" comes off in that context like a bad Python sketch. So, which one (or another)?
underground surfing (sure to evoke some confusing images of surfboard-riding police officers)
Underground surfing (fine for London, but we're in Oslo)
tube surfing (which is what the practitioners in London call it)
metro surfing (my WAG and nothing more)
The question before the court is not their mental competence, but instead which of the following choices anyone has seen employed. The client has specified UK English, which in this case is the root of my trouble. My American-born urge to use "subway surfing" comes off in that context like a bad Python sketch. So, which one (or another)?
underground surfing (sure to evoke some confusing images of surfboard-riding police officers)
Underground surfing (fine for London, but we're in Oslo)
tube surfing (which is what the practitioners in London call it)
metro surfing (my WAG and nothing more)
Proposed translations
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tube surfing
There are two meaning of tube surfing.
1. Is where you stand on the underground and don't hold onto a pole or something to stabilise you as the train moves
2. Where you hang onto the outside of the train or ride on top of the train while it's moving.
No. 2 isn't such a common activity.
1. Is where you stand on the underground and don't hold onto a pole or something to stabilise you as the train moves
2. Where you hang onto the outside of the train or ride on top of the train while it's moving.
No. 2 isn't such a common activity.
Note from asker:
| It's number 2 that is at issue here. Have you seen it used for anything outside the UK? |
Discussion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_surfing#/media/File:Why_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_surfing
The link states that the concept applies to any type of train.
I'm looking for examples where the Norwegian term has been translated into UK English. I know what the activity involves and I know what the various terms are in the UK and the US for that activity.