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Sample Southern barbecue
Sep 30, 2003 16:22
21 yrs ago
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English term

wind around

Non-PRO English Other Tourist information
By the end of 2000, 25 miles of a nearly unbroken pavement will wind around Santa Rosa Sound from Navarre Beach to Pensacola Beach along Santa Rosa Island and through the town of Gulf Breeze.
Responses
5 +12 meander around
3 +4 hug [the coast]
3 +3 wrap/coil around or sorround
4 -1 circumnavigate, circumvent
1 -1 The real question here is: "unbroken pavement"?

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19 mins
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meander around

This makes it sound inviting, which would seem to be the goal of the document.

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Note added at 2003-09-30 23:27:03 (GMT)
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I usually think of streams meandering, and this use of the word is designed to call that image to mind.
Peer comment(s):
agree Christopher Crockett : Yes, I like "meander" --it has a nice, unhurried, touristy ring to it. Seems like "meander around" has to be the form if it is to fit into the sentence as written.
1 min
Thanks, Christopher. I appreciate your comment.
agree Ruben Berrozpe (X) : I like it!
4 mins
Thanks, Ruben. I've always like the word "meander."
agree J. Leo (X) : also with Christopher.
9 mins
Thank you too, James.
agree Klaus Herrmann : !
10 mins
You too, Klaus!
agree RHELLER : meander is good but I wouldn't say meander around
41 mins
I agree that simply "meander" is better than "meander around", but the context calls for "meander around"—with "around" being used as a preposition that just happens to be placed next to "meander", not as part of the verb.
agree Refugio
50 mins
Thanks!
agree jerrie : Just what I was going to suggest!
1 hr
See comment to Rita Heller. ;)
agree Rajan Chopra
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Norbert Hermann
1 hr
Thanks much.
agree Patricia Baldwin
3 hrs
Thanks again.
agree awilliams
6 hrs
Thanks, Amy.
agree DGK T-I
7 hrs
Thank you, Giuli!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to ALL the answerers! "
+4
4 mins

hug [the coast]

California's Coastal Mountains
... Sedimentary rocks are most common on the western slopes such as the Santa Ynez and Santa Monica mountains, which hug the coast from Santa Barbara County south ...
ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/coastal/mountains.html

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Journey North: Humpback and Northern Right Whale Updates
... I think that grey whales hug the coast when they go north because some of them have babies with them, and in shallower water, the baby can dive down with them. ...
www.learner.org/jnorth/www/critters/whale/826736476.html

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Note added at 5 mins (2003-09-30 16:28:22 GMT)
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West Cork Coastline in Cork, Ireland
... Collins. **Friday** We hug the coast road all the way to the village of Timoleague for lunch, home to an old Franciscan Friary. In ...
www.kasbah.com/tours/tours_More.asp?TourUID=2139
Reference:

http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/coastal/mountains.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Christopher Crockett : Yes, the road follows the serpentine coastline. (It is, of course, the verb, "to wind", not the noun, "wind", just in case Kaori was confusing the two (how *do* native speakers learn such things??).
10 mins
agree mbc : nice
13 mins
agree Rajan Chopra
1 hr
agree DGK T-I
7 hrs
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+3
14 mins

wrap/coil around or sorround

I think it means:

There will be built a nearly unbroken pavement, which will WRAP / COIL around Santa Rosa Sound from Navarre Beach to Pensacola Beach along Santa Rosa Island and through the town of Gulf Breeze.

Peer comment(s):
agree airmailrpl : wrap around or surround
10 mins
Thank you! :)
agree Catherine Norton
2 hrs
Thank you! :)
agree DGK T-I : wrap/coil/surround
7 hrs
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-1
17 mins

circumnavigate, circumvent

a thesaurus search may offer other applicable synonyms.

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Note added at 2003-10-03 14:16:22 (GMT) Post-grading
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cir·cum·vent ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sûrkm-vnt)
tr.v. cir·cum·vent·ed, cir·cum·vent·ing, cir·cum·vents
1. To surround (an enemy, for example); enclose or entrap.
2. To go around; bypass: circumvented the city.
3. To avoid or get around by artful maneuvering: She planned a way to circumvent all the bureaucratic red tape.
Peer comment(s):
disagree David Moore (X) : You can "circumnavigate" an island - I certainly wouldn't try circumventing one....
2 days 21 hrs
the second connotation would seem applicable.
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-1
20 mins

The real question here is: "unbroken pavement"?

I understand "wind around" all right, but what does "nearly unbroken pavement" mean, in this context?
As opposed to the "broken pavement" which the Florida Department of Highways normally builds??
A very curious phrase, "unbroken pavement", it seems to me.
Just a comment.

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Note added at 33 mins (2003-09-30 16:56:11 GMT)
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The only thing I can envision as an alternative is a series of short stretches of road which meander around the confines of the coast, but then hit obstacles which can\'t be breached with a road --but then, what\'s the point of these little stretches of isolated road??
Still stumped.

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Note added at 45 mins (2003-09-30 17:08:11 GMT)
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The only thing I can envision as an alternative is a series of short stretches of road which meander around the confines of the coast, but then hit obstacles which can\'t be breached with a road --but then, what\'s the point of these little stretches of isolated road??
Still stumped.
Peer comment(s):
disagree J. Leo (X) : unbroken in the sense of continuous. You would be surprised at some of the rural roads throughout the US. A 'dead end road' is also discontinuous. Grew up next to one.
1 min
Yes, but what's the point of a "discontinuous" road?
disagree Catherine Norton : James is right.
2 hrs
O.K., if you say so, Catherine.
neutral awilliams : 'nearly unbroken pavement' in the sense that most of the path is finished, while some sections of the walk(?) remain unfinished/stony/muddy/unlaid. That's how I see it, anyway! (Although I'm not 100% that my pavement (UK) is your pavement)
6 hrs
Mmmmm....we're talking about a *paved* hiking trail, then? Thanks, Amy.
agree David Moore (X) : Hi, Chris; I'm a little surprised at the "pavement - I thought you called them "sidewalks"?
2 days 21 hrs
Yes,that's what threw me off;what we're evidently dealing with here is a "paved hiking trail", in a rural context. "Sidewalk"[U.S.] is a term usually reserved for an urban "footpath[U.K.]", while "pavement"[U.S.] usually refers to a roadway.Thanks, David.
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