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Whatever Happened To Footpaths And Manhole Covers?
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Everywhere there is road works these days there are signs that say no footway, or, raised iron works. I've never heard anyone use those terms. We only see them on road signs. So what's going on? Why not footpaths or raised manholes? Anyone?
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Manhole is probably deemed sexist terminology.
Footway is a more catch-all term than footpath. Footway includes unpathed, unkerbed areas at the side of the road.
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Footway is a more catch-all term than footpath. Footway includes unpathed, unkerbed areas at the side of the road.
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Raised Iron Works signs are usually seen on road surfaces that have been planed or scraped in preparation for applying a new road surface. The planing removes the upper surface leaving manhole covers, ducts etc sitting proud of the remaining road surface. They call it raised iron works because it includes anything made of steel or iron that's set into the road not just manhole covers.
The issue of the word being PC or included in everyday language is debatable. Whilst the public may not be familiar with the term, local authority highway engineers no doubt talk about raised iron works every day of the week simply because it's part of their job. I discuss the merits of inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry with my university colleagues but I wouldn't expect the general public to have a clue about it. Just consider "raised iron works" to be a technical term used by those in the know. Is there such a thing as everyday language in this technological age we now live in?
The issue of the word being PC or included in everyday language is debatable. Whilst the public may not be familiar with the term, local authority highway engineers no doubt talk about raised iron works every day of the week simply because it's part of their job. I discuss the merits of inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry with my university colleagues but I wouldn't expect the general public to have a clue about it. Just consider "raised iron works" to be a technical term used by those in the know. Is there such a thing as everyday language in this technological age we now live in?
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