The Newcastle Vaudeville

[andrewducker]

This from a friend of mine (who actually had the conversation)

(FYI: the Tyne & Wear Metro is the Geordie tube)
Her: We're staying at the Holiday Inn at the MetroCentre. So we'll catch the Metro into town.
Me: No you can't.
Her: Why?
Me: The Metro doesn't stop at the MetroCentre.
Her: What?
Me: It doesn't go there.
Her: So how do I get into the city centre?
Me: You catch the train.
Her: So it does stop there.
Me: Huh?
Her: The Metro.
Me: No. Trains stop there.
Her: Where?
Me: The Metro!
Her: So I catch a train.
Me: Yes.
Her: Not A Metro.
Me: No.
Her: Is the Metro a train?
Me: Yes.
Her: So I catch the Metro.
Me: No!
Her: But Metros are trains!
Me: BUT NOT ALL TRAINS ARE METROS!

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[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

I had slightly similar issues in Hungary with Amerkans who didn't know about trams.

Amerkan: we're meeting at a restaurant across the train tracks.
Me: I think you mean the tram line.
Amerkan: Yeah, the train tracks.
Me: The tram lines.
(etc)

[lpetrazickis.livejournal.com]

"Streetcar" being North American for "tram", they might know them as streetcar tracks or, less accurately, cable car tracks.

Or they might be entirely ignorant.