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A limited-access highway is a highway that has its access limited.

TaDa!  I just defined it for you.

On 7/24/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>
> SPUI wrote:
>
> >Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:49:22 -0400, SPUI <drspui at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>>So instead you prefer a term which has *no* meaning in *most* places?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Yes, because its meaning is consistent. [[Category:Elevators]] includes
> >>>lifts.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>[[WP:NBD]].  My kids know what an elevator is, they don't know what a
> >>freeway is.  Given that the words for this type of road in just about
> >>every other language I can think of translate to "motor road" or
> >>"motor way" perhaps that would be the least ambiguous thing.  But
> >>limited-access highway, or restricted access highway, is also
> >>unambiguous without carrying the usual overtones of America = The
> >>World, per the World Series etc.
> >>
> >>
> >I've already explained that limited-access highway is ambiguous.
> >
> I don't see what's ambiguous about the term.
>
> Ec
>
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