2008/12/1 Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Now there's a bit o'slang from down under I've not heard >> before. Laneways. >> > >> >Not an Aussie term, it's a "proper' English name for a narrow road or >> >access/service road. >> > >> >The Poms use the term more than us. >> >> You're kidding me. That's the first time I've ever seen that word. But >> then again, I did grow up in the USA and I don't get out very >> much it's >> true ;-) > > I've never heard it called a laneway either. It's an alley, snicket or > ginnel. Lanes are in the country, not the town.
Well WTF do I know, I'm just a poor dumb colonial boy. :-D In & around this suburb the laneways are what run in the back of certain older blocks. They were there to service the thunderboxes: <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thunderbox> Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
