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Untergrundbahnhofzeitschriftsplatz: Subway station newspaper stand


The root primitives are so easy to discern and interpret: under,ground, train,yard time,writing place


(Bahn is more like track, not train)


Sorry to be a pedant but bahnhof means train station


..and then "autobahn" would be..?


almost as if word meanings were dependent on context ("railway" would probably have been a more accurate than "train", but going "actually it means track" is just not helpful in this context)


I think you missed the comment that was doing a complete breakdown of the components. If anything by your argument it's more relevant because it shows the breakdown can sometimes be misleading.


no, I didn't.




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