From: Marco Cimarosti (marco.cimarosti@essetre.it)
Date: Thu Dec 18 2003 - 11:55:18 EST
John Cowan wrote:
> In the New York City subway system (of underground trains, that is,
> not underground pedestrian tunnels!), this letter has been
> consistently avoided since 1967, when the system of distinguishing trains
> by letter or number was instituted. The only other letters never used are
> I and O (presumably to avoid confusion with 1 and 0, though 0 has never
> been used either), and Y. Why Y is a mystery to me: perhaps there has
> simply never been a need for it.
Probably, having to get train "Why?" to reach one's workplace could have a
negative effect on employees' attitude towards hard working.
_ Marco
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