Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEdinburgh to be first Scottish city to ban pavement parkingwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down10
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minus-squareblazera@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down4·1 year agoHow are roads made over there if not paved?
minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agooften tarred instead. Paving being slabs of brick/concrete over here
minus-squareHurlingDurling@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoThey mean parking in the sidewalk.
minus-squareblazera@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoRight but their sidewalks are called pavement, so how are their roads made?
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBitumen over gravel at varying ratios, mostly. It’s not very hot here (for now)
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·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-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhy do we drive on the parkway, but park in a driveway?
minus-squarePyr_Pressure@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWhy do ships have cargo and cars have shipments?
How are roads made over there if not paved?
often tarred instead. Paving being slabs of brick/concrete over here
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?