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Your Quirks and Why-Do-I-Do-Thats
LTK:
First, didn't this mean to go in the dream thread? Second, you know that's all mum
bo-jumbo, right?
bainidhe_dub:
No I'm pretty sure you're right, May. I thought the Underground was a British thing. I think of Subway as a generic American/North American term for the citywide train system (as opposed to the Amtrak and Marc trains). And then each city has its own name for the local system. I guess I'd call a pedestrian walkway under a road an underpass, but the word more often refers to the where a road goes under a raised highway, like so:
rather than this:
I'm not sure what to call that second one. A tunnel? We have a few around town on the walking paths.
Barmymoo:
Hmm I'd call that a tunnel too, I'm talking more about:
I think that's a subway.
alienatedduck:
I entirely meant it here, as I wondering why on earth my dreams are consistently about these things. It's a quirk of my subconscious... one might arguee.
I think my idea of a subway is so confused since I'm influenced heavily by American culture so things get a little screwed up in my head. That's definitely a quirk.
But yeah a subway is a pedestrian tunnel, a sandwich or some underground choo choo trains.
Zingoleb:
--- Quote from: bainidhe_dub on 26 Feb 2012, 08:32 ---I'm not sure what to call that second one. A tunnel? We have a few around town on the walking paths.
--- End quote ---
That is a culvert. Back in NY there's a culvert that lets you drive under the Erie Canal.
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