On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 09:34:24AM +0000, jonathan wrote: > Here's my take from an Englishman! > > While the term dirt road is used here, it is much rarer as all
>From another English person, I would say that "dirt" in British English is understood to mean the substance which causes something to be "not clean". That is it is much wider in meaning than soil or earth. But it is almost never used to mean soil or earth under your feet, although that might be described as "dirty" or even "dirt" if telling a child to avoid rolling in it. However, maybe there are places where this is not true given Jonathan's post, but whenever I hear it used that way, it has come from American English. Of course, some American English reflects some old British usage and dialects from a few centuries ago.... I tend to tag with "ground" where there are sections of soil (which may be covered with vegetation for some parts of the year) and maybe be rocky with sections of sand and gravel. I have just been mapping some paths and tracks on Bodmin Moor which have all these characteristics and no one tag seems really descriptive. ael _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
