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Re: [romconlang] -able

From:ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 21:31
Peter Collier wrote:
>Another term I hear frequently for roads, meaning paved in the US sense, is >'metalled', although I don't use that one myself. I wonder where that >orginated from!?
When I was in England a 2/3 lifetime ago I also encountered that term and was utterly puzzled. I believe it also refers to railroad crossings.