Except we say drivers/passengers side when referring to the side of a car. People dislike port because they can’t remember it from lack of use. Insecurities cause this whole discussion.
I don’t use it often at all, but when I was 6, I just remembered left/port had 4 letters and haven’t forgotten yet. Some day I might, but me forgetting doesn’t mean I should ask everyone else to stop using language.
E.g.
I have a plethora of grapes.
We should stop using the term plethora because they could just say “a lot.”
Also if you always say “left and right” instead of “right and left” (which must english speakers probably do) you can remember that port and starboard are the same order.
Except we say drivers/passengers side when referring to the side of a car. People dislike port because they can’t remember it from lack of use. Insecurities cause this whole discussion.
I don’t use it often at all, but when I was 6, I just remembered left/port had 4 letters and haven’t forgotten yet. Some day I might, but me forgetting doesn’t mean I should ask everyone else to stop using language.
E.g. I have a plethora of grapes. We should stop using the term plethora because they could just say “a lot.”
Does drivers/passenger side work when you don’t know if you are speaking with British or American people?
It could, “the car got t-boned on the drivers side of the vehicle.”
You would ask if the driver was alright, passenger side you may state "oh thank goodness (insert significant other name here) wasn’t with them.
… better wording recommended, that may sound like you didn’t care about the driver
Also if you always say “left and right” instead of “right and left” (which must english speakers probably do) you can remember that port and starboard are the same order.