Browsing through Answers I found a question about the Russian terminology for this, which made me think - what do YOU call that narrow alleyway/passageway between houses or buildings? As a child, I'd have called it an alley. Then when I lived in Scotland I called it a jitty, and here in Derbyshire they call it a ginnel. I'm sure there are lots of other words for it... what do you use?
2007-01-16 09:58:46 · 33 answers · asked by Anna 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
An alley, unless it's enclosed. They it's a breezeway.
2007-01-16 10:04:36 · answer #1 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Passage Between Buildings
2016-11-09 01:39:52 · answer #2 · answered by forker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alley
2007-01-16 10:46:08 · answer #3 · answered by serephina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd always call it an alley, but in the south east of the UK it's not uncommon for it to be referred to as a twitten
2007-01-16 10:03:14 · answer #4 · answered by Xopher 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alley of course. Good interesting Q.
2007-01-16 10:02:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Breezeway
2007-01-16 10:08:06 · answer #6 · answered by Ryeroe 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Green Belt
2007-01-16 10:02:33 · answer #7 · answered by Mickey Corleone 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm from Merseyside and I call it an alley, but my Dad, who's from Greater Manchester, calls it a ginnel.
2007-01-16 23:16:38 · answer #8 · answered by jammycaketin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always referred to it as an alley or passageway.
2007-01-16 10:04:03 · answer #9 · answered by Jewel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here in West Cornwall we call it an Ope. Short for opening I guess, but it could be Cornish Language
2007-01-16 10:32:29 · answer #10 · answered by kif 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋