# Quick and Easy US English Question Re "Sidewalk"

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-and-easy-us-english-question-re-sidewalk/372533 "2006-09-13T13:16:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-and-easy-us-english-question-re-sidewalk/372533/21 "2006-09-14T05:54:24Z")

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To add to international liguistic confusion, the official term (on Ordinance Survey Maps) in the UK for hard top roads is “metalled” and gravel roads are “unmettalled”.

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