Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 08:47:16 CST

From: mpicone MPICONE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UA1VM.UA.EDU

Subject: Re: A few questions from an interested student . . . -Reply



On Tue, 29 Oct 1996 07:40:46 -0500 M. Lynne Murphy said:

joan hall said:



With respect to terms for the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the

street, here are those collected by DARE in response to Qu. N44:



BANQUETTE 1



does "banquette" also mean "sidewalk" in new orleans? that's what i

thought it was.



I don't know about New Orleans usage, but I do know that the Cajun French

speakers use _banquette_ for sidewalk (maybe in Engish, too; I haven't

noticed). This is a very natural extention of usage for Continental French

_banquette_, which can mean a kind of pedestrian pathway along a canal or

road, harkening back to the lane atop a rampart.



Mike Picone

University of Alabama

MPICONE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UA1VM.UA.EDU