On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 at 11:52, Peter Elderson <pelder...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd say they are small mounds. > Talk to an archaeologist and mounds can be quite large. Talk to a baseball player and mounds are smaller than archaeological mounds but still quite a bit larger than these speed bumps. > > Hillock sounds too, er, hilly. > Indeed. Hillocks are small hills. Bigger than mounds. Sadly, the manufacturers and purveyors of these things haven't come up with a name for this particular type of speed bump, other than proprietary, trademarked names like "Dura-bump," and we can't use trademarked names when they are available from more than one manufacturer under different trademarked names. Even if we decide that "hillock" is a suitable description the tag should be "hillocks" not "hillocky." A noun, not an adjective. Plural because it takes more than one of them to constitute a traffic calming measure. They still look about the size and shape of molehills to me. I suspect that "molehill" will enter the vernacular as a way of referring to them - if they look like molehills... -- Paul
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