You know what really grinds my gears?

[illdecide]

A pavement is a term used for a road, foot way or any other hard standing structure. The correct term is footway or footpath, it's actually quite funny as I had this conversation in work a few days ago where the Principal Engineer says "who the hell calls a footway a pavement".

[Hardy]

Who the hell ever called a pavement or footpath a 'footway'?

[Tony Baloney]

Who the hell ever called a pavement or footpath a 'footway'?

Apart from a Highways Engineer, nobody.

[Eamonnca1]

People who misidentify perfectly acceptable UK/Ireland English words as Americanisms, or worse, "Anericanisms."

[Denn Forever]

People who misidentify perfectly acceptable UK/Ireland English words as Americanisms, or worse, "Anericanisms."

Example?

[ONeill]

1 - Joggers running on the road beside the pavement.

2 - Joggers running along country roads with no pavements with headphones on.

People who use Anerican terms.

Where's the American terms in there?

Pavement you tool

The American term is sidewalk, the Irish/British term is pavement.

The Irish term is footpath. Them crumby yanks use the word pavement for the street

And the Irish use the term footpath or pavement for the bit beside the street that you walk on.

Never heard pavement used in Tyrone.

Away til fcuk. Used it all the time.

[Eamonnca1]

People who misidentify perfectly acceptable UK/Ireland English words as Americanisms, or worse, "Anericanisms."

Example?

Are you serious?

[Hardy]

People who misidentify perfectly acceptable UK/Ireland English words as Americanisms, or worse, "Anericanisms."

Example?

Are you serious?

Good one - people definitely say that here too.

[cornerback]

1 - Joggers running on the road beside the pavement.

2 - Joggers running along country roads with no pavements with headphones on.

People who use Anerican terms.

Where's the American terms in there?

Pavement you tool

The American term is sidewalk, the Irish/British term is pavement.

The Irish term is footpath. Them crumby yanks use the word pavement for the street

And the Irish use the term footpath or pavement for the bit beside the street that you walk on.

Never heard pavement used in Tyrone.

Away til fcuk. Used it all the time.

In Tyrone they usually say "fudpad"

[Orior]

Warm public toilet seats

[AZOffaly]

I've heard pavement here, meaning the path. In the states pavement is for the road itself, and sidewalk is for the path. At this stage I can't remember what context the OP was castigated for

[general_lee]

'Accidents' on the Westlink.

People who use the Applegreen Stations to bypass traffic.

I have to say they really need to introduce motorway driving onto the driving test, how f**king hard is it to leave your phone be and keep a safe distance from the car in front without driving into the back of some ****. And then we have everyone nosey **** slowing down to have a look after they stand outside their cars with their two arms at one length blocking a carriage way instead of at least moving onto the hard shoulder. Right enough like motorways are the roads that require the least "driving" yet there were at least three collisions on the M1 today 

[tintin25]

'Accidents' on the Westlink.

People who use the Applegreen Stations to bypass traffic.

I have to say they really need to introduce motorway driving onto the driving test, how f**king hard is it to leave your phone be and keep a safe distance from the car in front without driving into the back of some ****. And then we have everyone nosey **** slowing down to have a look after they stand outside their cars with their two arms at one length blocking a carriage way instead of at least moving onto the hard shoulder. Right enough like motorways are the roads that require the least "driving" yet there were at least three collisions on the M1 today 

Oh, I hear ya!

It's really frustrating.  Can't get over the amount of accidents on the M1/Westlink.  Unless the damage is serious, just move your fcuken car out of the road!  Then their are the idiots who constantly weave in and out of lanes.

[Therealdonald]

Letting someone out in front of you, or letting someone cross the road where there's no zebra crossing, then the bastids don't put the hand up.

[laoislad]

Letting someone out in front of you, or letting someone cross the road where there's no zebra crossing, then the bastids don't put the hand up.

Cnuts