Lee Duna to World NewsEnglish • 1 year agoEdinburgh to be first Scottish city to ban pavement parkingwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down10cross-posted to: scotland
arrow-up1203arrow-down1external-linkEdinburgh to be first Scottish city to ban pavement parkingwww.bbc.comLee Duna to World NewsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square29fedilinkcross-posted to: scotland
minus-squareblazeralinkfedilink0•1 year agoRight but their sidewalks are called pavement, so how are their roads made?
minus-square@killeronthecornerlinkEnglish3•1 year agoBitumen over gravel at varying ratios, mostly. It’s not very hot here (for now)
minus-square@AA5BlinkEnglish3•edit-21 year agoSome Brit terms may seem unusual to us in the US, but in cases like this, you could argue they’re more accurate. Why do we use pavers to build sidewalks and patios, but asphalt to build “pavement”?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoWhy do we drive on the parkway, but park in a driveway?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoWhy do ships have cargo and cars have shipments?
They mean parking in the sidewalk.
Right but their sidewalks are called pavement, so how are their roads made?
Bitumen over gravel at varying ratios, mostly. It’s not very hot here (for now)
Some Brit terms may seem unusual to us in the US, but in cases like this, you could argue they’re more accurate. Why do we use pavers to build sidewalks and patios, but asphalt to build “pavement”?
Why do we drive on the parkway, but park in a driveway?
Why do ships have cargo and cars have shipments?