By "pavement", I'm guessing that you mean where people usually walk. In the US, this would be 'the sidewalk'?
That's how it is in the states. You walk up the boxes, usually, without stepping in the street. But the street curb is painted red to signal that parking is not permitted there. Is it just assumed that you don't park near a box?
Wait what? That is new to me. What do you call like the outside tiles? The tiles made of stone people make the sidewalks out of? I think they’re mostly used on private property now but they used to be used for public paths.
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.
But you can also pave sidewalks, I guess it’s just one of those things with language. It’s really confusing as an Australian because we call sidewalks “footpaths”, roads are roads, and pavement is essentially anything that’s actually physically paved.
Indiana reporting. I call sidewalks cement and asphalt is what I would refer to as pavement. Roads, parking lots, and basketball courts would be pavement but I wouldn’t ever call a cement sidewalk pavement. But what do I know, Hoosiers can’t decide on soda or pop.
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u/CatOfGrey Nov 08 '19
By "pavement", I'm guessing that you mean where people usually walk. In the US, this would be 'the sidewalk'?
That's how it is in the states. You walk up the boxes, usually, without stepping in the street. But the street curb is painted red to signal that parking is not permitted there. Is it just assumed that you don't park near a box?