[Tagging] tagging for fairgrounds

[Philip Barnes]

On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 15:29 -0400, Richard Welty wrote:
> On 8/27/20 12:35 PM, Paul Allen wrote:
> > As is fair.  Without further qualification, I'd interpret "fair" as
> > a
> > (temporary, mobile) funfair: an annual event with fairground rides,
> > stalls, etc. I think American usage may tend more towards trade
> > fairs.
> > 
> > As for mapping the temporary funfair thing, that's difficult, at
> > least
> > around
> > here.  Every November the town's biggest car park is closed to
> > parking
> > for a week and is used for several fairground rides and a couple of
> > food
> > stalls.
> > As part of the same event, for a couple of days most of the town
> > centre is
> > closed to traffic and the streets are filled with market stalls
> > selling
> > all sort
> > of things of varying quality, from real bargains to absolute
> > garbage (like
> > eBay made physical).  Hard to map.
> > 
> > There is also an annual agricultural-based show held in some large
> > fields.
> 
> i'm fine with a british english equivalent if there is one.
> 
In British English they are showgrounds.

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Phil (trigpoint)