On 11 May 2015 at 21:35, John F. Eldredge <[email protected]> wrote:

> Speaking as an American, I would refer to that as a mix of cobbles and
> setts (some of the stones in the photo look rounded, some squared, and some
> irregular). They appear ti be about the size of a human palm. I think of
> pebbles as rocks of finger-diameter or less, such as the pea gravel often
> used on the surface of concrete driveways, for ornamental reasons.
>
>
>
Pebbles to me are 'rounded stones' (aka 'cornerless) of any size as found
washed up on a beach having been ground by rubbing against each other with
tidal action. What you describe, I think we'd call 'shingle'.

There ought to be an American translation of the wiki and osm interfaces.


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