To: Impala64ssa
ANYONE! What is a STRAPHANGER? I don't know subway jargon.
Inside the car, I assume they hold on to strap while they stand, but outside on the dock how does that apply?
To: annieokie
The people that use the subways are nicknamed straphangers. It goes way back to when they had leather straps to grab on to that were suspended from the ceilings of the old subway cars.
28 posted on
12/28/2012 10:07:00 AM PST by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: annieokie
It’s just generic for a subway rider.
To: annieokie
It’s just generic for a subway rider.
To: annieokie
“Straphangers” are what subway riders have been called by the MSM in NYC for decades.
You are correct as to the origin of the name. Before the MTA started using horizontal bars as handholds, leather straps with attached porcelain coated steel handles hung from the car's ceiling in front of some seats.
32 posted on
12/28/2012 10:12:18 AM PST by
Roccus
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