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Why is it called a U turn if it looks like a lower case 'n'?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Because of the stem.

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  • No More Democrats or GOP, please
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Because "U turn" is easier to say than "lower case n turn."

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    It used to be called an n turn, but in the early 1960's the NAACP objected that it sounded like a racial epithet, so they had to change it.

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    Source(s): In the deep South, some people did call them "rigger turns."
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    So that's why I keep getting pulled over. I keep telling the officer, "But the sign says. No! YOU turn."

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  • Rachel
    8 years ago

    That's it. From now on I'm going to call them lowercase n turns.

  • John G
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    Because bats don't drive

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    They decided. Its official.

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