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Re: Gravel driveway

To: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Gravel driveway
From: "William C.W. Lamb" <chip@wmsbrg.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2000 13:54:51 -0400
>My American Heritage dictionary defines pavement as a "hard smooth
>surface ... that will bear travel".  I've always used it to refer to
>either concrete or asphalt, but IMO it would apply equally well to stone
>(flat, not gravel) or concrete pavers.

In the UK and those other English speaking countries, the pavement is the
sidewalk.

>What do you call a road that is finished with concrete (like most US
>interstate highways) ?

Turnpike, Parkway, err, street, road?

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William "Chip" Lamb
West of Sweden SAAB
Charles City, VA.
http://www.wmsbrg.com/sweden/
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