On Thu, 2020-08-27 at 15:29 -0400, Richard Welty wrote: > On 8/27/20 12:35 PM, Paul Allen wrote: > > As is fair. Without further qualification, I'd interpret "fair" as > > a > > (temporary, mobile) funfair: an annual event with fairground rides, > > stalls, etc. I think American usage may tend more towards trade > > fairs. > > > > As for mapping the temporary funfair thing, that's difficult, at > > least > > around > > here. Every November the town's biggest car park is closed to > > parking > > for a week and is used for several fairground rides and a couple of > > food > > stalls. > > As part of the same event, for a couple of days most of the town > > centre is > > closed to traffic and the streets are filled with market stalls > > selling > > all sort > > of things of varying quality, from real bargains to absolute > > garbage (like > > eBay made physical). Hard to map. > > > > There is also an annual agricultural-based show held in some large > > fields. > > i'm fine with a british english equivalent if there is one. > In British English they are showgrounds.
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