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[–] sleen@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I feel like the solution to this starts with t and ends with s.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you. It's time people started taking Trebuchets seriously as a mode of transport.

[–] Jumi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

It's a one-way ticket because you won't need more.

[–] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Trams rights are trains rights.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I know what you're thinking but we'd have to create whole different kind of sewer network if you wanted to travel via toilets (a la harold halibut)

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Using Tardises (is that the correct plural) wouldn't just cause a mess in space but also in time.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I think the plural is tardii? Unclear, may need to rewatch

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think Gallifreyan has a Latin root

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But Latin may have a Gallifreyan root?

[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Genuine question: is this canon?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have no idea tbh, I just offered a hypothesis, but I haven't dug that deep into the language lore of Doctor Who.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

Would be absolutely tremendous if canon, I was just pissing about but am totally here for the theory

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

@zaphod@sopuli.xyz

TARDIS is an acronym of "Time And Relative Dimension in Space". The word "Dimension" is alternatively rendered in the plural.

(Wikipedia)

So, for its plural, I'd go for Tardises, as it doesn't change the letters building the acronym.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

tssssssss like the sound of a perforated tire

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mmm, yes, destroy people's tires so they have to buy new ones (at least a pair with 2WD cars, or an entire set if you destroy just one tire on a proper AWD/4WD car). Surely more tires being dumped in landfills and more new tires being manufactured is good for the planet

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago

yea I don't see the logic either

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

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