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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/01/2015 23:19, Warin wrote:<br>
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To me, sidewalk is American English. <br>
British English is more footway?<br>
" footpath" is common Australian English. </big> <br>
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In English English* "footpath" means either that thing at the side
of the road that Americans call a "sidewalk" or a path not at the
side of the road primarily intended for pedestrians (but less wide
than a pedestrianised street). "Footway" means the same as
"footpath" essentially, but less in common usage and more usually
used in legal contexts.<br>
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The use of "sidewalk" to describe the thing at the side of the road
was discussed on talk-gb and was generally accepted there even by
those (like me) who tend not to like Americanisms because it's not
ambiguous, whereas the alternatives ("footpath" and "pavement") both
are.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Andy<br>
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* I can't speak for the Scots or the Welsh or any others.<br>
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