Date:  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 08:04:34 -0700

From:  Allen Maberry <maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU>

Subject: Re: Another Lexical Item



For me, a sidewalk is parallel to the street, the concrete strip from

the sidewalk to the front porch is just "the walk".

Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Thu, 5 Oct 1995, Natalie Maynor wrote:



> Do any of you have any idea how common it is to use the word "sidewalk"

> to refer to the strip of concrete that runs from the street to the front

> door of a house? I had always assumed it was the standard term, but a

> a recent discussion on Words-L got confusing for a few minutes because

> I was using "sidewalk" to mean the sidewalk that comes to my door, while

> other people thought that a "sidewalk" had to be parallel to the street.

> When I asked what they called the strip of concrete that comes to the

> front door, they said "walkway." I've never heard anybody say "walkway"

> for what I call a "sidewalk." (I also use "sidewalk" for one that runs

> parallel to the street, of course.)

>  --Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)

>