Saw some more badly worded signs yesterday, although some may think I'm being pedantic...
At the top of the stairs/escalators at the appropriate side of the transfer deck there have been small signs added indicating the location of the toilets.
But they read (for example, and from memory) "Toilets are at the A-side of this platform". But this seems wrong to me, A and B refer to the respective halves or ends of the platforms, because they are long and thin. And what is that hyphen about?
Simple English usage. It is perfectly OK to refer to the A and B 'sides' of the transfer deck, because of its orientation, but that doesn't follow that the same is true for the platforms. The sides of the platform islands have numbers, its the ends that have letters...
Paul
I think you are correct Paul - it does matter. If a sign does not impart clear unequivocal information, then it has failed
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