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When did X become Y?

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GandTea Sun 15-May-16 18:35:35

Country and countryside have slightly different definitions according to the Oxford dictionary. I suspect we have abbreviated countryside to country when countryside is what we mean.

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merlotgran Sun 15-May-16 18:29:00

When did "riding" become "horse-riding"

Horse-back riding is even worse.

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merlotgran Sun 15-May-16 18:26:45

In the country now has to be in the countryside.

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GandTea Sun 15-May-16 18:22:45

Waited for hours for a train at the station last week, in the end I gave up and caught the next bus.

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Wheniwasyourage Sun 15-May-16 18:01:11

Good one!

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BBbevan Sun 15-May-16 18:00:03

What about station, now train station !!

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Wheniwasyourage Sun 15-May-16 17:54:36

When did "riding" become "horse-riding"? (Bicycle riding is "cycling".)

When did "skating" become "ice-skating"? (Roller-skating is a different activity.)

When did "nightlights" become "tealights" - and what on earth Is a tealight anyway?

I blame the Americans for the first two, but really don't understand the third one. Anybody got any ideas or any other suggestions?

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