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Chris -- 2018-04-11
funicular railway – 142,000 ghits
vernacular railway – 118 ghits
‘Funicular’ is an unusual word, coming from the Latin for a ‘little rope’. The little rope usually pulls a carriage up and down an inclined plane, and buildings in the kind of places that have funicular railways might well be described as ‘vernacular architecture’ – native to an area, local, commonplace etc. A quaint carriage being winched up slowly by a cable endorses the faint sense of inferiority that ‘vernacular’ possesses.
Lynmouth with its vernacular railway and dramatic sea cliffs and. Clovelly with its untouched cobble streets and thatched cottages. are within easy reach. ...
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My recommendation would be Hastings, theres plenty to keep you dinosaurs occupied with its marvellous pier and vernacular railway. ...
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Explore on your own the UNESCO listed vernacular railway, the higgledy-piggledy streets and markets and museums. Day 9: At Sea …
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Simply walking around Buda is interesting and to get to Buda from Pest is the vernacular railway up Castle Hill which gives you a great view over Pest. ...
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Looks like an MSWord-ism. I did complain to Microsoft that they should offer a more refined version of their software that would weed such “corrections” out, but I was rebuffed. Anyone else out there have the ability to write an addon program? A
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