r/SipsTea • u/Quenki • 13h ago

Gasp! Just American things

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u/DuX14 10h ago

Has this guy never been to the US? Hardly any Americans say half of this stuff except for sidewalk.

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u/Cliffinati 9h ago

And the sidewalk once is nonsensical, pavement is a material not a proper thing.

Roads are paved, sidewalks are paved, I've seen paved basketball courts before.

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u/return_the_urn 9h ago

Aussies are in between the 2. We say footpath. The path for your feet, not vehicles lol

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u/FlyingMethod 6h ago

I like footpath

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u/DasFunke 6h ago

Make way for foot cycle

No wait. That’s British.

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u/fastsailor 6h ago

Yeah, but we speak the highest form of English. /s

This thread is illuminating as to how many Americans seem to lack a sense of humour.

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u/MushinZero 3h ago

Make jokes that are actually funny or at least make sense then

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u/Jyil 5h ago

I usually make it more broad and call it a path or trail. Though, I’ll usually say “a trail for bikes or walking”. Sometimes I’ll specify it too and use walking path or walking trail. You could even be more specific and say pedestrian path or pedestrian walkway.