trip, travel, journey

Guest   Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:04 am GMT
Please explain me the difference between that words.
I am really confused.
Uriel   Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:18 am GMT
They're all similar.

Trip is a noun: to take a trip to Las Vegas. (The verb trip means something else).

Travel is a verb: I'll be travelling in Europe this summer. You can only make it a noun in the plural: Tell me about your travels throughout East Africa. It's never singular when it's a noun, for some reason.

Journey is either/or: I'm on a journey to find myself, Marco Polo's journeys took him all over Asia (both nouns) or He journeyed to the South Pole (verb).

In terms of connotations, trip is often used for short distances or lengths of time, but not always. Journey and travel usually imply much longer distances, and journey is often used metaphorically as well (the journey from childhood to adulthood, long day's journey into night, marriage is a journey two people take together, etc.)
Robin   Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:53 am GMT
How very troll !

"mostly they are a waste of time and indulge some very troll-like behaviours"

From my research, 'troll' seems to have developed as a technical computer type definition. I would have described 'troll' as being 'boring'. Apparently it is something to do with fishermen dragging nets in the hope of a bite.

To travel

To trip: is to go on a Psychedelic Journey: an Acid (LSD) trip.

"She is a Day Tripper" The Beatles

Got a good reason for taking the easy way out
Got a good reason for taking the easy way out now

She was a day tripper, one way ticket yeah
It took me so long to find out, I found out

She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there
She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there now

She was a day tripper, one way ticket yeah
It took me so long to find out, I found out

Tried to please her, she only played one night stands
Tried to please her, she only played one night stands now

She was a day tripper, Sunday driver yeah
It took me so long to find out, I found out

Day tripper
Day tripper yeah

Day tripper
Day tripper yeah...
greg   Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:02 am GMT
Apparemment <trip>, <travel> & <journey> sont tous 3 des emprunts au français.

AF <triper> <tripper> <treper> <trepper> {sauter, danser, frapper du pied}

AF <travail> <traval> <traveil> <trevail> <travelle> {fatigue, labeur, tourment} —> MA <travailen> <travelen>

AF <journee> <jornee> <jurnee> <jorneie> <journi> <jorné> {tâche quotidienne, voyage}


On peut ajouter <tour> & <voyage> à la liste.