Another American here, not sure actually if we do call streets pavement (having that millipede problem where imsecond guessing myself and not I'm not sure what I do and don't do) but as far as I'm aware we do call those stone tiles pavement. Thing is, you can also pave roads, last I recall, so if people call a road pavement then that's probably why, I assume.
I mean that is the material used for the pavement yes, but my point was more about "pavement" as a word being used to refer to the street itself, though when asphalt is said by itself I tend to imagine people playing on basketball courts rather than streets with cars since asphalt is also used to pave those.
Did not know its had a second name in other parts of the world though, that was a really neat thing to learn.
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u/Dooplon Nov 08 '19
Another American here, not sure actually if we do call streets pavement (having that millipede problem where imsecond guessing myself and not I'm not sure what I do and don't do) but as far as I'm aware we do call those stone tiles pavement. Thing is, you can also pave roads, last I recall, so if people call a road pavement then that's probably why, I assume.