• sping@lemmy.sdf.org
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    15 days ago

    A subway is the American word for metro surely? And London’s is generally called The Underground.

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      The first metro to be called a subway is in Glasgow. They tried to rename it the Glasgow Underground to match London, but reverted to the old name when nobody used the new name.