- 1. Continuing "Britishisms" (score: 1)
- Author: Angelo Graham <a3graham@admmail.uwaterloo.ca>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:21:22 -0500
- Hello List: Not to continue this for too long, does anyone have an idea of what the terms "offside" and "onside" (I think) mean with respect to the roadway? Coming from a long association with Britis
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- 2. RE: Continuing "Britishisms" (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Marr" <mmarr@nexant.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:00:09 -0600
- Actually, I think the more normal usage is "off-side" and "near-side". My understanding is that this defines the side of the car relative to the kerb, assuming the car is parked on the correct side
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- 3. Re: Continuing "Britishisms" (score: 1)
- Author: "Mike Kitchener" <mikek@9online.fr>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:59:51 +0100
- I believe that should be "offside" and "nearside" of the vehicle. Offside is the side nearest to the centre of the road. Nearside is nearest the pavement ....or should that be sidewalk? This assumes
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- 4. Continuing "Britishisms" (score: 1)
- Author: FGFO1@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:01:37 EST
- The terms in my part of England were: nearside and offside. The nearside was the side nearest to the curb thus leaving the offside to be the drivers side. this term was easier than trying to remember
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- 5. Re: Continuing "Britishisms" (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:24:24 +0000
- Dear Angelo, "Off-side" means that half of the car most likely to get hit by something coming the other way. "Near-side" means that half of the car most likely to strike pedestrians. "On-side" means
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