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Small stones
I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian crossings?) often become slippery, so they have a box that has bags of small stones near crossings, and anyone who notices that the road is too slippery would sprinkle them over the walk so that people can walk safely. Those small stones look like sands, but coarser than sands. The soles of shoes sometimes catch them in the grooves of the tread pattern. What do you call those small stones? Sand? Gravel?
And what about the stones put around railroads or put on unpaved roads? Which do you call them, "gravel" or "ballast"?
Nobuko Iwasaki
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And what about the stones put around railroads or put on unpaved roads? Which do you call them, "gravel" or "ballast"?
Nobuko Iwasaki
(remove the second forte for e-mail)
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english: [nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. ) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian ... shoes sometimes catch them in the grooves of the tread pattern.
- english: [nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter.
- ) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian ...
- shoes sometimes catch them in the grooves of the tread pattern.
- What do you call those small stones?
- Sand?
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In our last episode,
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the lovely and talented iwasaki
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian ... shoes sometimes catch them in the grooves of the tread pattern. What do you call those small stones? Sand? Gravel?[/nq]
Might they be cinders?
[nq:1]And what
,
the lovely and talented iwasaki
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian ... shoes sometimes catch them in the grooves of the tread pattern. What do you call those small stones? Sand? Gravel?[/nq]
Might they be cinders?
[nq:1]And what
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[nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian ... what about the stones put around railroads or put on unpaved roads? Which do you call them, "gravel" or "ballast"?[/nq]
There's fine (sandbox) sand, (builder's) sand, coarse sand (sandblasting, etc.), gravel (sometimes sold in various mm size), and "rock" (also sol
There's fine (sandbox) sand, (builder's) sand, coarse sand (sandblasting, etc.), gravel (sometimes sold in various mm size), and "rock" (also sol
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[nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian ... shoes sometimes catch them in the grooves of the tread pattern. What do you call those small stones? Sand? Gravel?[/nq]
In England, we called it grit.
In England, we called it grit.
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[nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian ... on unpaved roads? Which do you call them, "gravel" or "ballast"? Nobuko Iwasaki (remove the second forte for e-mail)[/nq]
gravel
gravel
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Nobuko Iwasaki:
[nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?)[/nq]
Yes; also BrE "footpaths".
[nq:1]and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian crossings?)[/nq]
I think these are alternative terms used by different people in North America, along with "pedestrian crossover". British is "zebra crossing".
[nq:1]often become slippery, so they ha
[nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?)[/nq]
Yes; also BrE "footpaths".
[nq:1]and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian crossings?)[/nq]
I think these are alternative terms used by different people in North America, along with "pedestrian crossover". British is "zebra crossing".
[nq:1]often become slippery, so they ha
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[nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian ... shoes sometimes catch them in the grooves of the tread pattern. What do you call those small stones? Sand? Gravel?[/nq]
Geologists usually classify grain size by the Wentworth Scale, or similar:
Geologists usually classify grain size by the Wentworth Scale, or similar:
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[nq:2]I live in a region where it snows five meters ... pattern. What do you call those small stones? Sand? Gravel?[/nq]
[nq:1]Geologists usually classify grain size by the Wentworth Scale, or similar: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Wentworth.htm On most of those scales it would be ... as someone else suggested, is
[nq:1]Geologists usually classify grain size by the Wentworth Scale, or similar: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Wentworth.htm On most of those scales it would be ... as someone else suggested, is
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[nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian ... shoes sometimes catch them in the grooves of the tread pattern. What do you call those small stones? Sand? Gravel?[/nq]
In England it is a mixture of coarse salt and the rock it is mined with: we call it grit.
[nq:1]And what about the stones put around railroad
In England it is a mixture of coarse salt and the rock it is mined with: we call it grit.
[nq:1]And what about the stones put around railroad
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[nq:1]I live in a region where it snows five meters in one winter. Sidewalks (BrE= pavements?) and crosswalks (BrE= pedestrian ... shoes sometimes catch them in the grooves of the tread pattern. What do you call those small stones? Sand? Gravel?[/nq]
Gravel
[nq:1]And what about the stones put around railroads or put on unpaved roads? Which do you call them, "gravel" or "ballast"?[/nq]
Gravel
[nq:1]And what about the stones put around railroads or put on unpaved roads? Which do you call them, "gravel" or "ballast"?[/nq]
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