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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ponder Avenue #27498 04/27/01 04:41 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin B belligerentyouth OP old hand OP belligerentyouth old hand B Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 1,055 Berlin What names are there for a public thoughfare? (don't answer this with a question) These to start off with: street road way alley drive crescent close parade court boulevard highway freeway speedway causeway What others are there? Are there places called '... Passage' perhaps? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ponder Avenue #27499 04/27/01 04:48 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US F Flatlander addict Flatlander addict F Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 428 Cape Cod, MA, US The only one I can see you've left off is Penny LANE. WAY to go! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ponder Avenue #27500 04/27/01 04:55 PM A Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered A how 'bout circle? and while i'm thinking of it, can someone remind me the name of that harrowing one on the Champs-Elysées? is it Place d'Etoiles? oh, and around my house there's tons of "parkways". it only just occurred to me that most of them border parks. neat coincidence. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ponder Avenue #27501 04/27/01 04:59 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park place is pretty common in NY and Parkway-- as one word-- (Grand Central Parway, Pelham Parkway) and -- there are some unique names-- Centeral Park West and Central Park South are just that-- Not any of the above (avenue, street, etc.) And knoll. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ponder Avenue #27502 04/27/01 05:11 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 If you want to include the rustic, there are two-tracks. If you're going to pay, tollroads and tollways. If you are on foot, include sidewalks, walkways, slidewalks, paths, tracks and dirttracks. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ponder Avenue #27503 04/27/01 05:29 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England One that's common here in Wellington (but nowhere else in NZ) is "grove". Short, dead-end street, usually. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ponder Avenue #27504 04/27/01 06:00 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Location. As in Hart's Location ... a few houses ... up in the NH White Mountains. They're the ones who open the polls at 00:01 and vote ... always the first 100% reported vote in any Presidential election. What does "Close" usually mean in UK? Pronounced as it is in "I am close to my destination." wow Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ponder Avenue #27505 04/27/01 06:30 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Close as in Close the door-- a kind of dead end or cul de sac-- (did that make the list?)-- a road/street that is closed off (no way to exit except as you came in) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ponder Avenue #27506 04/27/01 06:47 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 R Rouspeteur member Rouspeteur member R Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 163 ?Close as in Close the door-- I have only heard it pronounced like close (as in propinquity). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Ponder Avenue #27507 04/27/01 06:53 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 B Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 The famous circle in Paris is Place de l'Etoile. I have fond memories of driving around it, not at rush hour thank God. In Baltimore, one of the most common words/names is 'avenue' -- there are more of them than 'streets'. There are also: lane garth mews Garth and mews are used by developers of tony, would-be high class housing developments and denote a cul-de-sac, or dead end (as we call it here), as do 'close 'and 'court'. Actually, some of the names have specific connotations. 'Street' is used generally for thoroughfares in the mid-city area, and always for numbered streets, e.g., 33rd Street. You don't have 15th Ave. or 22nd Lane. An avenue is located usually out of city center and is presumed to be wider than a street, although there are plenty of avenues narrower than, say, Saint Paul Street or Charles Street, which are two of the principal streets in the city. A parkway, and we have a number, such as Gwynns Falls Parkway, Northern Parkway, etc., are main traffic arteries, usually 6 lanes with a generous median, usually with trees, in the center. 'Lane' denotes a street which was originally a country lane which became a regular throughfare after being absorbed into the city, such as Cold Spring Lane, Bowleys Lane, etc. Than, finally, we have a uniquely named street: The Alameda -- just that; one's address might be 5955 The Alameda. For part of its length, it's a parkway, for the rest, an avenue. 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