In Washington heights they tour up the roads to do work and revealed the old cobblestone beneath (184 & Pinehurst)
Submitted by soylentgreenis t3_125m8mx in nyc
“Setts are often referred to as ‘cobblestones’”
Setts are often referred to as "cobblestones", although a sett is distinct from a cobblestone in that it is quarried or worked to a regular shape, whereas the latter is generally a small, naturally-rounded rock.
And the next sentence after that said what?
At some point if enough people use a word colloquially for something it becomes part of the meaning. There are plenty of words that didn’t originally mean something and now do because people believed a word meant something and it became that.
I’ve never heard someone say “wow this sett road is so bumpy!” it’s always cobblestone.
And the next part is “…although a sett is distinct from a cobblestone in that it is quarried or worked to a regular shape, whereas the latter is generally a small, naturally-rounded rock.”
Im thinking no one will ever say a sett road is bumpy .. But a cobble stone road alwayz will be .
“Just because my grandmother has wheels, doesn’t mean she’s a bike”
You wrote all of that to avoid admitting you're wrong
Wrong about what? I posted a quote
You didn't understand what it meant. The clause beginning with "although" explains that the reference is wrong.
Linguistic Prescriptivism isn't and has never been real.
Why do some people insist on their right to be wrong? Most of us probably grew up thinking that cobblestones and Belgian Blocks (stetts) were the same until the difference was explained to us. Now we use the correct terms. Cobblestones are much more uncomfortable to walk on.
Incorrectly.
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