A Critical Problem – This photo gives me the creeps

Re:A Critical Problem – This photo gives me the creeps by denton-scratch on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @04:35PM (#37068013)

> on the pavement (sidewalk in the U.S.?)

Pedantically (i.e. according to the Highway Code) the part reserved for pedestrians is the 'footway'; the part for carriages ('things with wheels', roughly) is the carriageway.

I suppose that between them they comprise the pavement.

I've taken to referring to them as carriageway and footway; it's unambiguous, and it even makes sense if you're shouting across the Great Pond.

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Re:A Critical Problem – This photo gives me the creeps by ndsipa_pomu on Thursday August 10, 2023 @04:12AM (#37073405)

You're right, but it just sounds funny and old fashioned to my British ears

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Re:A Critical Problem – This photo gives me the creeps by denton-scratch on Thursday August 10, 2023 @09:21AM (#37075813)

Hah! I guess that, despite being a British driver, you must be unfamiliar with the Highway Code.

Yes, it sounds stilted to me too.

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Re:A Critical Problem – This photo gives me the creeps by ndsipa_pomu on Thursday August 10, 2023 @01:47PM (#37079347)

Well, I'm not a British driver, but am a British cyclist. I'm very familiar with some parts of the Highway Code (not so much the motorway sections), but those terms just aren't commonly used, whereas pavement and road generally are.

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