Traffic Circle vs. Rotary

[neonerd]

Which do you say?

 

[artikk]

West Massachusetts- rotary

 

[Dr. Detroit]

We don't have them on the west coast!

First time I ever saw one was just outside Boston near Andover, weird!

 

[NightTrain]

Rotary is an engine in an RX7 or a type of combine.

 

[geecee]

Did you just get this question from this? 🙂

Anyway, circle here.

EDIT: Grammar

 

[SWScorch]

People here say traffic circle, and it's what I usually say, but I prefer rotary. Just fun to say 🙂

 

[QuitBanningMe]

Traffic Circle

 

[cjgallen]

Loop-de-loop 🙂

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: russianpower
West Massachusetts- rotary

yep. but I always think someone's gonna crash into me when I'm on one.

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: geecee
Did you just get this question from this? 🙂

Anyway, circle here.

EDIT: Grammar

Yeah, got it from that thread...I just remember being corrected by a teacher for saying "traffic circle", but aparently it's just regional, and you can say it either way. 😕

 

[imported_weadjust]

We have squares in the south. No rotary.

 

[Ryan]

I call it a roundabout.

 

[vtqanh]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
I call it a roundabout.

yep, sometimes I call it the traffic circle

 

[chrisms]

It's a roundabout stupid

 

[neonerd]

added roundabout to the poll...never heard that one before

 

[QuitBanningMe]

Just to add I love "traffic circles". It is very entertaining to trap people in the inside lane on ones that have them.

 

[Eli]

I don't think I've ever even seen one..... I couldn't visualize it by the description.

I voted "traffic circle" because that sounds more like something I would say.. I've never used rotary.. as in, "That's a rotary.".

Doesen't make any sense.

 

[Pepsei]

"hey kids, look , big ben.... parliment...."


"big ben... parliment"

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: Eli
I don't think I've ever even seen one..... I couldn't visualize it by the description.

I voted "traffic circle" because that sounds more like something I would say.. I've never used rotary.. as in, "That's a rotary.".

Doesen't make any sense.

rotary as in rotating around a circle. How does this not make sense?

 

[Actaeon]

I call it a roundabout actually. Maybe I watch too much TopGear

Rotary sounds cooler, so I voted for that.

 

[chrisms]

Calling a roundabout a traffic circle is like calling a garage a car hold.

 

[Baked]

We call it the loop.

 

[Nozirev]

I've always heard it called a Rotary, but then again, I live in the north east.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: russianpower

Originally posted by: Eli
I don't think I've ever even seen one..... I couldn't visualize it by the description.

I voted "traffic circle" because that sounds more like something I would say.. I've never used rotary.. as in, "That's a rotary.".

Doesen't make any sense.

rotary as in rotating around a circle. How does this not make sense?

So you're saying the phrase "That's a rotary." makes sense?

Isn't that using the word "rotary" as a noun, when it is an adjective? There needs to be another word there, like "That's a rotary ... table.".. or something.

 

[mjquilly]

i call it "that thing where nobody bothers to look at the yield signs and always pull out in front of me"