''mind the gap''
i have see a film were the meaning is very interesting...
what do you thing ''mind the gap'' could mean?
2007-03-05 08:47:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I have NO idea!
It sounds like something someone just made up and thought it sounded profound.
Though we are all speaking the same root language, many think it is fashionable to combine the words of that language into ideas that have no coherent meaning for anyone but themselves - turning our modern culture into a sort of psycho/emotional "Tower of Babel".
Some of these ideomatic ideosyncrasies make it into common use and become popular colloquialisms, but I don't think this one has achieved that questionable status yet.
2007-03-05 09:10:04 · answer #1 · answered by monarch butterfly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Mind the gap" is a warning to train passengers to remind them of the sometimes significant gap between the train door and the station platform. It was first introduced in 1969 by the London Underground subway system.
Some station platforms on the London Underground are curved. Since the cars are straight, the distance from the platform to the car at certain points is greater than normal, and the phrase "MIND THE GAP" is painted on the edge of such platforms. A recorded announcement is also played whenever a train arrives at a station, consisting of "Mind the gap" repeated several times, followed by "Stand clear of the doors" as the train is about to depart.
The phrase is well known enough for London Underground to print it on t-shirts and other souvenirs sold to the public.
The phrase also inspired songs of the same name by Judge Dread, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Osamu Kubota, and Matrix.
The Thompson Twins called their tour of the UK, in 1984, the "Mind The Gap" tour.
2007-03-13 09:46:28 · answer #2 · answered by Sallie W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well in the england subway stations they announce it over the public speaker system to the ppl before they enter the trains....cause theres a gap between the train and the station path...so they keep repeating this exact statement " mind the gap " so ppl dont trip or fall through !
2007-03-12 16:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by I V X 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To pay attention to whats in between things. So you don't fall through.
2007-03-11 21:27:50 · answer #4 · answered by tonal9nagual 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it means not to overlook any type of problem that is could be important and/or insignificant.
2007-03-05 09:37:09 · answer #5 · answered by shy1iz_me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋