Lee Duna@lemmy.nzcake to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoEdinburgh to be first Scottish city to ban pavement parkingwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down10
arrow-up1203arrow-down1external-linkEdinburgh to be first Scottish city to ban pavement parkingwww.bbc.comLee Duna@lemmy.nzcake to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareblazera@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·8 months agoRight but their sidewalks are called pavement, so how are their roads made?
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoBitumen over gravel at varying ratios, mostly. It’s not very hot here (for now)
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 months 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-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoWhy do we drive on the parkway, but park in a driveway?
minus-squarePyr_Pressure@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoWhy do ships have cargo and cars have shipments?
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?