Re: Aussie Terminology

7407,-Probably from railway usage originally,i.e in any station
arrangement,one road,two road etc.I think probably British usage as
our earliest railways were built by British engineers to British
practice,road is probably an archaic term,to some extent
interchangeable with way,as in permanent way,railway and railroad
etc.When it comes to language and usage understanding is not always
possible,speculation is fun though.Regards P.Bruce.-- In
TramsDownUnder@y..., pcc7407@w... wrote:

Why is what a tram or train runs on called a "road" (as in "bang

road"

or "number 3 road", etc.), and what a car drives on called

a "track" (as

in "Birdsville Track", etc.)? Never could understand that.

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