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Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2010Sand Rail
Sand Rail: Sand rail is a new word for me. It is a new type of dune buggy (no doors or windows). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandrail\ -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Maurer To reply, remove half Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also. ------------------------------------------------------------- > Sand Rail: > > Sand rail is a new word for me. > It is a new type of dune buggy (no doors or windows). I was riding in a sand rail 30+ years ago in AZ. njg >> Sand Rail: >> >> Sand rail is a new word for me. >> It is a new type of dune buggy (no doors or windows). > >I was riding in a sand rail 30+ years ago in AZ. What's the difference between a sand rail and a dune buggy? I looked at some images of both, and they look the same to me. Dune buggies have been around for years.  SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >>> Sand Rail: >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I looked at some images of both, and they look the same to me. Dune > buggies have been around for years. I think the sand rail is more basic, with no doors or windows (although some dune buggies don't seem to have windows either). SignatureLong-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia, which may or may not influence my opinions. > > Sand Rail: > > > Sand rail is a new word for me. > > It is a new type of dune buggy (no doors or windows). > > I was riding in a sand rail 30+ years ago in AZ. The word is new to me too anyway. Do you know why "rail"? The Urban Dictionary, Wiktionary, and a couple standard dictionaries were no help. -- Jerry Friedman >>> Sand Rail: >>> Sand rail is a new word for me. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > -- > Jerry Friedman Perhaps because the frame resembles a railway line? SignatureLong-time resident of Adelaide, South Australia, which may or may not influence my opinions. >> > Sand Rail: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Dictionary, Wiktionary, and a couple standard dictionaries were no >help. I can't remember where I saw/heard it, but the "rail" is the frame of the car. Google "frame rail auto" and you'll see hits for work on the frame rail. SignatureTony Cooper - Orlando, Florida >> > Sand Rail: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Dictionary, Wiktionary, and a couple standard dictionaries were no >help. I'll ratchet the question back one level by suggesting "rail" is terminolgy from the drag racing world: http://www.draglist.com/Pictures/POD%20Mar%202001/POD-031201.htm I get the impression that in drag racing a rail has the driver sitting behind the rear wheels... Signature************* DAVE HATUNEN (hatunen@cox.net) ************* * Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow * * My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps * >>>> Sand Rail: >>> [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I get the impression that in drag racing a rail has the driver > sitting behind the rear wheels... Good one. I know dune buggies as up-down-and-around duner vehicles; sand rails use paddles on the powered wheels, for traction in straight-line drag races or (perhaps) hill-climbs. SignatureFrank ess RichardMaurer wrote, in <d9f0328b-25f4-447c-ba4a-33ae45f6c5e5@u15g2000prd.googlegroups.com> on Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:10:53 -0800 (PST): > Sand Rail: > > Sand rail is a new word for me. > It is a new type of dune buggy (no doors or windows). > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandrail\ It sounds as if it should be a dune-dwelling bird. SignatureNick Spalding BrE/IrE >Sand Rail: > >Sand rail is a new word for me. >It is a new type of dune buggy (no doors or windows). > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandrail\ The subject line had me totally garden-pathed. I assumed that a Sand Rail was a type of bird, one of the Rails or Rallidae. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rallidae SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) |
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