Re: > "My UK school had both a gym and a sports hall." What was the difference between the two? Was the gym like a "fitness centre" for weight training, perhaps? In US English we tend to use "gym" for what seems to be a "sports hall" in some dialects, and also for "weight lifting gyms" and "fitness centres" full of exercise equipment.
- Joseph On 9/7/19, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > sent from a phone > >> On 6. Sep 2019, at 13:47, Chris Hill <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> To me a sports centre is a place that's dedicated to sport in its own >> space or grounds. It may have outdoor pitches,courts etc as well as indoor >> provisions. I think it could have a gym, i.e. a space with gym equipment >> too. >> >> A sports hall, to me, is a building in an environment that is not wholly >> about sports,so a building in school grounds or in a business complex. It >> has more than just a gym room. >> > > > +1, this is exactly how I see it as well > > Cheers Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
