When Giving Directions...

[Our House]

...do you say, 'Make a left at the:

[DustinG]

here in the US (or at least everyone I've lived) we say light, even though there are usually at least 3 of them. Canadians are crazy though.

[Zurvan]

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here in the US (or at least everyone I've lived) we say light, even though there are usually at least 3 of them. Canadians can count over 1.

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FYP

Lights.

[DustinG]

I think its called just 'light' because its actually short for stoplight. And stoplights certainly wouldn't make sense there.

[CPFB]

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I think its called just 'light' because its actually short for stoplight. And stoplights certainly wouldn't make sense there.

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This is the correct answer obv.

[soah]

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I think its called just 'light' because its actually short for stoplight. And stoplights certainly wouldn't make sense there.

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This is the correct answer obv.

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[drzen]

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I think its called just 'light' because its actually short for stoplight. And stoplights certainly wouldn't make sense there.

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This is why this doesn't make sense in the UK: we don't turn at the stoplight. We stop.

And even so, there are still three lights where you turn, not just one.

There is only one intersection, and if you turn at the corner, you turn round that corner. You don't say "turn right at the corner" if you intend for the person to cross the road and then go round the corner.

[drzen]

I say lights because there are three of them. HTH.

[tarheeljks]

i picked option 3, but i say light