ribeirasacra

living under a rock?
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dotheboyshall

Nobody significant called it "chunnel"

Christina

I think the term "chunnel" was used extensively when it first was built in a lot of articles and media. I don't know if it was only in the US or not, but it was a media/press term and I suspect they didn't make it up but it came from some official source in Europe. I don't think it was commonly used longer than a few years by most people. I just kind of doubt the US media made that term up.

Eurotunnel makes a lot more sense than Getlink, which is stupid. Why even have that name, at least Eurotunnel was descriptive. I don't know why people look down on the term chunnel, though, that did make sense as it was an abbreviation of "channel tunnel". It is a good nickname, actually.

The NYT used the term chunnel in a 1990 article when it broke ground. To be honest, chunnel sounds like something the British would make up, they often make up cutesy names like that.

annhig

Nobody significant called it "chunnel">>

That's me put in my place then. I only lived within about 2 hours drive of the thing from when it was built [before, actually] to 1997 but what would I know.

move over Pal, we can both be nobodies together.

Hooameye

"Yes well British trains have a buffet car too and French trains call that same thing a "snack-bar" car. So what?"

???? What's that got to do with the price of eggs??

PalenQ

This from a country that calls a main meal an "entree" (French for a starter)???

???? What's that got to do with the price of eggs?? Same as you entree thingy does!

PalenQ

move over Pal, we can both be nobodies together.>

And janis can say 'except for Pal and annhig!'

This is all really something about nothing. But good fun IMO - hope others take it lightly to - after all who cares who calls what what- maybe it should be called Brexit Chunnel?

IMDonehere

I am an American and always thought the name Chunnel was made up by third grader.

fuzzbucket

It will always be Eurostar to me...

Hooameye

"It will always be Eurostar to me..."

And to everyone that doesn't need to show that they are "snappy or slick".

PalenQ

And to everyone that doesn't need to show that they are "snappy or slick".>

And those many Americans who just only know it as Chunnel - the defacto name here but not to everyone 'in the know'.

PalenQ

Can someone please tell me - why what people in one country not in the know call something? Who gives a rat's rear?

Really? Yet this always comes up -I'm fine with Channel Tunnel, Eurotunnel or Chunnel - now for the trains they are Eurostar trains that go thru the xxxxxx (fill in blank) so some call them Chunnel trains - names mean very little it's what conveyed matters and I see no confusion whatever folks call those trains or tunnel.

I'll have to see what folks on Coronation Street call it for the definitive answer!

What is it about Brits and Brit Wannabees about this? What's the difference between say "Brexit" and "British EU Exit" - Brexit is shorter and easier, just like Chunnel.

IMDonehere

Has anyone seen the French/English detective show "The Tunnel." They knew calling it "The Chunnel" would have brought derision.

crefloors

I simply say that I'm taking the Eurostar from London to Paris. Never thought I'd need to add "tunnel" or "chunnel".

fuzzbucket

Given that the "Brexit" hasn't actually happened yet, I will still call the train "Eurostar".

annhig

I give up. Of course being a local I know nothing.

PalenQ

I give up. Of course being a local I know nothing.>

Yup some folks have "Chunnel Vision" about this instead of just accepting what folks naturally use.

chartley

The Channel Tunnel is not the same thing as Eurostar. Eurostar is just one of the services that uses the tunnel. The others are the freight shuttles, which carry trucks, the car shuttles, which carry cars, and freight trains. The freight shuttles are the growth area for the tunnel, the frequency is being increased, and new shuttle wagons bought.

But who cares about facts?

PalenQ

But who cares about facts?<

And one 'fact' is that many Americans except a few familiar with the names use Chunnel for that tunnel and Chunnel trains for trains going thru that Tunnel.

And that is a fact at least according to Jeopardy (TV show where they have experts vetting the right answers) and twice in last few months Chunnel was accepted without saying anything about alternatives.

But who cares about facts?

kerouac

I have never heard the host of Jeopardy say "other possible answers that we would have accepted are..." so I don't see much point in bringing it up. It would be like accepting the word quicksilver instead of mercury.

How about another dead horse to flog? While the Disney theme park in Paris did indeed open by the name "Euro Disneyland," the name was changed after just a year or two to Disneyland Paris. However, people persist in saying Euro Disney, which is just the name of the company that operates the resort.