tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post6360933924937961157..comments2024-03-19T00:17:41.069+13:00Comments on Timespanner: Avondale's oldest mural?Timespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-4266915404079727972010-08-23T22:55:43.344+12:002010-08-23T22:55:43.344+12:00Here, the term "electric tram" isn't...Here, the term "electric tram" isn't as opposed to cable trams, but to horse-drawn trams, which predated them.<br /><br />I grew up with the electric buses called trolley buses, but felt ornery enougth this morning to go for another term. Always, <i>always</i> being rescued when they stopped by the diesels. Seeing the trollies in Wellington back in '06 was almost mind-bending --Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-81332709049886509862010-08-23T19:08:16.534+12:002010-08-23T19:08:16.534+12:00I've heard the overhead wire for trams referre...I've heard the overhead wire for trams referred to as a trolley wire, abbreviated to trolley, so that would be where the trolley comes from and as you say, American. Aus does not have any trolley buses now that I know of, but of course Wellington does. I would think people there just catch the bus, whether it is a trolley bus or diesel or gas. The way you used it, trolley or electric, is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-91583139243895268542010-08-23T18:11:18.637+12:002010-08-23T18:11:18.637+12:00Nah, it was early in the morning, and I felt like ...Nah, it was early in the morning, and I felt like referring to them as electric buses. A question though -- why do we usually refer to them as trolley buses, whereas their predecessors were ... electric trams? Why not trolley trams? At least the Americans say trolley cars ...Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-59687866873795618812010-08-23T10:25:41.169+12:002010-08-23T10:25:41.169+12:00Just interesting to me, you call it an electric bu...Just interesting to me, you call it an electric bus and not a trolley bus. Is that the usual term used in NZ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com