It is called a sidewalk in American English, but can also be called a pavement (mainly British English and South African English), a footpath (Australian English, Irish English, Indian English and New Zealand English) or footway (Engineering term).
A sidewalk (North American English), pavement (British English), footpath in Australia, India, New Zealand and Ireland, or footway is a path along the side of a road. Usually constructed of concrete, pavers, brick, stone, or asphalt, it is designed for pedestrians.
In the US, the word sidewalk refers to a paved path that people can walk along the side of a road. In the UK, the words pavement or footpath are more likely to be used instead.
Canadians will alsi call it a “sidewalk" but I sm told that “pavement" will sometimes be used in a private situation. I have heard in Oz on a few rare occasions. Bitumen is more likely to be used when speaking of a roadway and footpath is the general term here for a walkway beside a road.
We say “pavement” because it is a word in English, a language we have been speaking in one form or another for over 1000 years. Why do the British say pavement? Because that is the English word for it.
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What do Americans call kerbs?
A curb (North American English), or kerb (Commonwealth English except Canada; see spelling differences), is the edge where a raised sidewalk or road median/central reservation meets a street or other roadway.
I would have assumed a washcloth to be something used for washing dishes. A cloth you wash *yourself* with is called a flannel, but many people prefer a sponge, loofah or long-handled brush, or a thing made from nylon netting either scrunched into a ball or plaited into a long strap with handles. 3.7K.
This room is commonly known as a "bathroom" in American English, a lavatory or loo in the United Kingdom, a "washroom" in Canadian English, and by many other names across the English-speaking world.
Americans have a "special" word for sidewalk because "pavement" refers to something slightly different here: "pavement" generally refers to the material used to provide the surface of the road/path, hence "asphalt pavement", "concrete pavement".
A driveway (also called drive in UK English) is a private road for local access to one or a small group of structures owned and maintained by an individual or group.
The term footpath can also describe a pavement/sidewalk in some English-speaking countries (such as Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland). A footpath can also take the form of a footbridge, linking two places across a river.
The term pavement is normally used to describe the series of layers which form the structure of a road. Pavements may be flexible (asphaltic materials with granular layers) or rigid (cementitious concrete).
Manufacturers tend to call it 'toilet tissue; or 'bathroom tissue' Most people call what it comes on 'loo rolls' and it is . loo paper'. 'Bog rolls' is a working class term for the same.
Loo is an informal yet polite British term for toilet. The word “loo” has interesting origins and can be traced back to Medieval Europe, when chamber pots had to be emptied from bedroom windows onto the street below.
There are two basic colloquial words. “Sandwich” is fine, as per Ian T's answer, but if you're in the South of England a frequent version is “sarnie” (Bacon Sarnies, Fried Egg Sarnies, for example). If you're in't North, it's often Butty or Buttie (Chip Butty, Ketchup Butty, for instance).
The cucumbers which are simply called 'cucumbers' in North America are not widely available in Britain and are seen as unpalatable in the UK. They are sometimes known as 'garden cucumbers'. What North Americans call 'English cucumbers' are just called 'cucumbers' in Britain.
Australians have been using the word freely since its probable emergence in the late 19th century as a nickname for English immigrants, a short form of pomegranate, referring to their ruddy complexions.
"Brit" meaning "British person", attested in 1884, is pejorative in Irish usage, though used as a value-neutral colloquialism in Great Britain. During the Troubles, among nationalists "the Brits" specifically meant the British Army in Northern Ireland.
As far as I know, they say “slab” (for a concrete base on which a house is built). For concrete slabs used as pavement, they say “paver” or “paving stone”. And they call the pavement a “footpath” or “walkway” or something like that.
The correct answer is "sidewalk". The North-American word 'sidewalk' also stands for a footpath with a hard surface on one or usually both sides of a road used by the foot travellers.
