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Deep-Fried Air (Rebroadcast) - 26 December 2022

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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Is There a Regional Name for Public Footpaths in the United States?

I was just wondering if that if there are any sort of regional names in the United States for those kind of public footpaths that are just shortcuts from one street to another or something like that. I grew up down the Ohio River a little ways from there in Louisville and I think we just called them alleys on honestly yeah alleys alleys sometimesYeah yeah I could see that. hi well I was just wondering you know I lived in the UK for many years nearly three decades mostly in the south of England in Sussex but since I've moved back to Cincinnati four years ago I've noticed these around the city. There's even one on my street that cuts through from my street between two

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