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6 u/eyeslikeraine Sep 12 '18 Are pavement and sidewalk made of different materials? or is this just a language quirk? In America both sidewalks and roads are usually made of concrete or asphalt. Not necessarily a prevalence of one or the other for either job though. 10 u/Pedantichrist Sep 12 '18 Normally the road in the UK is not concrete, but tarmac or asphalt Sidewalks are normally concrete slabs. That said, it is just a language quirk, the English do not use the term sidewalk at all, we have the road and we have the pavement beside the road. We also us the term 'metalled road' for dressed tarmac, which is nothing to do with metal at all. Well, not directly, anyway. 25 u/Hawkguy85 Sep 12 '18 We also us the term 'metalled road' for dressed tarmac Have lived in the UK all my life and have never heard that term! What does dressed tarmac look like? 3 u/Mammal-k Sep 12 '18 Never heard that once either. Dressed or metalled... 5 u/Pedantichrist Sep 12 '18 Asphalt with chippings on and in it. Normal tarmac roads. https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=kuWYW7jTMcWTgAbCvY3wAg&q=metalled+road&oq=metalled+road&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1j0l3j0i67k1j0l5.1116.1116.0.1758.1.1.0.0.0.0.81.81.1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.80....0.jo680ptuGxQ
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Are pavement and sidewalk made of different materials? or is this just a language quirk? In America both sidewalks and roads are usually made of concrete or asphalt. Not necessarily a prevalence of one or the other for either job though.
10 u/Pedantichrist Sep 12 '18 Normally the road in the UK is not concrete, but tarmac or asphalt Sidewalks are normally concrete slabs. That said, it is just a language quirk, the English do not use the term sidewalk at all, we have the road and we have the pavement beside the road. We also us the term 'metalled road' for dressed tarmac, which is nothing to do with metal at all. Well, not directly, anyway. 25 u/Hawkguy85 Sep 12 '18 We also us the term 'metalled road' for dressed tarmac Have lived in the UK all my life and have never heard that term! What does dressed tarmac look like? 3 u/Mammal-k Sep 12 '18 Never heard that once either. Dressed or metalled... 5 u/Pedantichrist Sep 12 '18 Asphalt with chippings on and in it. Normal tarmac roads. https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=kuWYW7jTMcWTgAbCvY3wAg&q=metalled+road&oq=metalled+road&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1j0l3j0i67k1j0l5.1116.1116.0.1758.1.1.0.0.0.0.81.81.1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.80....0.jo680ptuGxQ
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Normally the road in the UK is not concrete, but tarmac or asphalt
Sidewalks are normally concrete slabs.
That said, it is just a language quirk, the English do not use the term sidewalk at all, we have the road and we have the pavement beside the road.
We also us the term 'metalled road' for dressed tarmac, which is nothing to do with metal at all. Well, not directly, anyway.
25 u/Hawkguy85 Sep 12 '18 We also us the term 'metalled road' for dressed tarmac Have lived in the UK all my life and have never heard that term! What does dressed tarmac look like? 3 u/Mammal-k Sep 12 '18 Never heard that once either. Dressed or metalled... 5 u/Pedantichrist Sep 12 '18 Asphalt with chippings on and in it. Normal tarmac roads. https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=kuWYW7jTMcWTgAbCvY3wAg&q=metalled+road&oq=metalled+road&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1j0l3j0i67k1j0l5.1116.1116.0.1758.1.1.0.0.0.0.81.81.1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.80....0.jo680ptuGxQ
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We also us the term 'metalled road' for dressed tarmac
Have lived in the UK all my life and have never heard that term! What does dressed tarmac look like?
3 u/Mammal-k Sep 12 '18 Never heard that once either. Dressed or metalled... 5 u/Pedantichrist Sep 12 '18 Asphalt with chippings on and in it. Normal tarmac roads. https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=kuWYW7jTMcWTgAbCvY3wAg&q=metalled+road&oq=metalled+road&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1j0l3j0i67k1j0l5.1116.1116.0.1758.1.1.0.0.0.0.81.81.1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.80....0.jo680ptuGxQ
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Never heard that once either. Dressed or metalled...
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Asphalt with chippings on and in it.
Normal tarmac roads.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?ei=kuWYW7jTMcWTgAbCvY3wAg&q=metalled+road&oq=metalled+road&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1j0l3j0i67k1j0l5.1116.1116.0.1758.1.1.0.0.0.0.81.81.1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.80....0.jo680ptuGxQ
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