In London, some streets have it painted on the streets for pedestrians.

In London, it's very necessary, as traffic comes from every which way.
Sometimes one must look left, sometimes one must look right, and
it's not at all obvious which way to look until you look. I'm
surprised pedestrians aren't exinct there.

You can't
educate people if they don't give a damn, and who gives a damn about
paddy fields and tar macadam in this world of sorrow and sin?

Actually a lot of people "give a damn" inasmuch as they are interested
in the etymology of words and phrases. I didn't know that about "rice
paddy". The thing about ignorance is that one often doesn't know that
one is ignorant about any given thing. Which is why we want Flight
Service to know when the ball games are on. But that's another rant
for another day (or for Google).

Knowing the etymology of a word, misused or not, one can then make a
decision as to what to say. I will say "paddy field" from now on, but
will continue with "tarmac" as a synonym for "ramp", just as I'm sure
you will continue saying "ramp" even when it doesn't slope.

Jose
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