Train station

[Bob Haas]

Does nobody use "depot" anymore?  I always liked that word, especially with
a strong southern pronunciation--DEE-poh.  Or is that how it's pronounced in
other US regions?

Lynne, et al, is depot used in the UK or South Africa?

bob

> From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 08:25:09 +0800
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: Train station
>
> At 12:48 PM +0000 2/5/01, Michael Quinion wrote:
>> A British subscriber to World Wide Words has asked about the
>> increasingly common British usage of 'train station', replacing
>> the older standard British 'railway station', wondering why, if
>> it is as a result of American influence, the change didn't
>> happen earlier than it did...
>
> We can hope it isn't JUST Lynne Murphy's corrupting influence...
>
> larry