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Re: Sedan?

To: Chris Davies <chris@thames-language.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Sedan?
From: Charley Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 09:58:53 -0800
Chris Davies wrote:
> 
> In message <19980313.180612.6679.2.MGBOB@juno.com>, "ROBERT G. HOWARD"
> <mgbob@juno.com> writes
> >Hi Chris,
> >  A public roadway is just any old road that the taxpayers support.  In
> >the UK, they tend to add the "way" to things, as roadway, railway, etc.
> > Of course, we say highway, and both use airway.
> >Bob
> Dear Bob,
>         I live in Henley-on-Thames, about 20 miles from Abingdon. I've
> never heard of a public roadway in my entire life!
> Cheers
> Chris Davies


  Hi Chris,

   In the USA, the public roadways are on land owned by the governments
(federal, state, county, city) and maintained by taxes collected by
those governments.  What do you call similar roads in the UK?
-- 


   Charley Robinson           <ccrobins@ktc.com> 
   `69 B


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