Wagon, truck, or lorry?

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Nite Owl:

Harry Monk:

joe royal:
Personally I say I’m a lorry driver , truck is an American term.

“Truck” comes from “Trochus” meaning “wheel” in Classical Greek, and has been used in British English to describe wheeled vehicles since the 1600s. “Lorry”, to describe a self-propelled goods-carrying vehicle first appeared in 1911.

Impressive, but do you know where “juggernaut” comes from?

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Harry Monk:

Nite Owl:

Harry Monk:

joe royal:
Personally I say I’m a lorry driver , truck is an American term.

“Truck” comes from “Trochus” meaning “wheel” in Classical Greek, and has been used in British English to describe wheeled vehicles since the 1600s. “Lorry”, to describe a self-propelled goods-carrying vehicle first appeared in 1911.

Impressive, but do you know where “juggernaut” comes from?

:laughing: that’s the one! IIRC it was Krishna’ wagon from Hindu scripture.

As a side note, wasnt the first use of the word juggernaut on English from a Charles Dickens story?

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Reet name is a lorry, caunt be owt else . :smiley:

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lancpudn:
Reet name is a lorry, caunt be owt else . :smiley:

I’m a retired “lorry driver”…

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I used to be a driver, thats all that matters now!