Nearside, offside

[LEN_LEEB@domain.elided]

Will Owen corrected John H. and I:
...Offside is the left side of a horse - the side from which you dismount - and 
nearside is, of course, the right, or the side you park near the wall or 
hitching post...

Thank you Will, but why can't the British learn to speak the language they gave 
us? Have you ever seen wheels (especially knockoffs) on a horse??? What does it 
have to do with a car?
Maybe some of our esteemed British members of the AD can enlighten us?
Len

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