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If we're gonna play that silly game, what about roads, from the old English rād meaning 'journey on horseback'.
by FooHentai 9y ago
If we're gonna play that silly game, what about roads, from the old English rād meaning 'journey on horseback'.
- gamblor956 9y agoWhy is the Old English meaning of the precursor word relevant? The modern word is road and it means thoroughfare.
- FooHentai 9y agoRight. It's almost like the name of something has no bearing on what the thing could be used for.
- c22 9y agoI always get a kick out of manipulating widgets on my bank's online "dashboard".
- gamblor956 9y agoIn the case of sidewalk vs rad vs road, you're making the wrong argument. We do not have "rads" anymore, we have "roads." "Road" is derived from "rad" but they are two different words with different meanings. A sidewalk is a walking area on the side of a road, and that meaning of the word has not changed. Bikes, for example, or prohibited from sidewalks in most Western jurisdictions (lack of enforcement notwithstanding), and essentially all Western jurisdictions prohibit motorized vehicles from sidewalks. In both cases, it is because the sidewalks are meant for "pedestrians", i.e., people walking.
- lurquer 9y agoWhat's your point? When roads were reserved for horses, would you ride your donkey on the sidewalk?
- FooHentai 9y agoYes, thank you. That is exactly my point. The name of 'sidewalk' has no bearing on what you could use the sidewalk for.
- paulmd 9y agoRoads were never reserved for horses. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/when-pedestrians-ruled-streets-180953396/?all https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/when-pedestrians-r...