cabbie, take me to the bus terminal!

now this is suspicious!
every little town seems to have a "bus terminal".

but this can't be right, can it?

that's right junior, a real terminal.

this is another misnomer almost every expat falls into:

for the record, a "bus terminal" is a large complex where ALL the buses end up.  you know- an end point, like when we say terminus, terminal velocity, terminal illness, terminate, etc.

so the little thing in your town is not a terminal at all!

it is (yes, just what you would call it back home) a "bus station".

lastly, since the ko'nglishee word makes it unclear, let's put it like this:

a smaller 버스 터미널 = a bus station

a really large 버스 터미널 = a bus terminal

jo-na-dan-shi, 2011

ko'ng-lishee ?

you know. it's english spoken with korean grammar and phonics, and somewhat curious lingo.