Isn't it the same for people who go to airforce airfields en write down the
numbers of the planes?

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From: Michael Lees [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: dinsdag 27 augustus 2002 16:36
Cc: 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: [313] history of trainspotting


Trainspotting? Does it not refer to the art of being a train spotter? 
Originally it was used to refer to someone who collects train numbers? 
ie. they sit at a train station with a little book and pencil noting the 
numbers on the side of trains. Train spotters were known for being 
obsesive and slightly geeky about their topic (trains). So now I think 
the term trainspotter has come to mean someone who *has* to know 
everything about a certain topic. It's not just used to refer watching DJ's.

The term came long before the film.

T.J.Johnson wrote:
> I was thinking deeply last night as usual ;)
> 
> Did the term for "trainspotting" (people watching you
> DJ with a hawk's eye for whatever reason...) come
> before or after the movie "Trainspotting?"  Why do so
> many people refer to it as "trainspotting?"  Is it
> because when people do this, it makes the DJ nervous
> and promotes a "trainwreck?"  Is is because the DJ puts
> you in a trance similar to the one brought on by heroin?
> 
> It's like butta.  Discuss amongst y'selves.  I'm
> getting v'clempt...
> 
> T!
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