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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Klingon Word of the Day: veSDuj
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Roney, Jr.)
Sun Oct 18 07:25:06 2015
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Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 07:24:51 -0400
From: "Michael Roney, Jr." <nahqun@gmail.com>
To: Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net>
Cc: Klingon language email discussion forum <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
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On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:39 PM, Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Lieven <levinius@gmx.de> wrote:
> > You cannot drive in a parkway, but you park
> > in the driveway.
>
> This is a tangent, but it's a linguistic one. In most of the
> English-speaking world, a parkway is a class of road. Usually they're
> associated with nice landscaping, but the term also sometimes refers
> to more unremarkable limited-access highways. I assume that Lieven is
> thinking of what would be called a "greenway" or perhaps a "linear
> park" in North America.
>
> -- ghunchu'wI'
>
Continuing the tangent, I thought a parkway was just another street name
ending, like road, street, avenue, lane, trail, circle, drive, way, ...
I have never heard of a greenway or a linear park.
Without context, I'd assume a greenway was a patch of grass in a city.
Possibly with a bench.
The same goes for linear park.
--
~Michael Roney, Jr.
Freelance Translator
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<div dir=3D"ltr">On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:39 PM, Alan Anderson <<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:qunchuy@alcaco.net">qunchuy@alcaco.net</a>> wrote:<br>><b=
r>> On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Lieven <<a href=3D"mailto:levini=
us@gmx.de">levinius@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br>> > You cannot drive in =
a parkway, but you park<br>> > in the driveway.<br>><br>> This =
is a tangent, but it's a linguistic one. In most of the<br>> English=
-speaking world, a parkway is a class of road. Usually they're<br>> =
associated with nice landscaping, but the term also sometimes refers<br>>=
; to more unremarkable limited-access highways. I assume that Lieven is<br>=
> thinking of what would be called a "greenway" or perhaps a &=
quot;linear<br>> park" in North America.<br>><br>> -- ghunchu=
'wI'<br>><br><br>Continuing the tangent, I thought a parkway was=
just another street name ending, like road, street, avenue, lane, trail, c=
ircle, drive, way, ...<div>I have never heard of a greenway or a linear par=
k.</div><div>Without context, I'd assume a greenway was a patch of gras=
s in a city. Possibly with a bench.</div><div>The same goes for linear park=
.<br><br>--<br>~Michael Roney, Jr.<br>Freelance Translator</div></div>
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