In Alberta, on country roads, the roads lie on a grid. the east-west roads are abbreviated as TWP (township) and the north-south roads are abbreviated as RGE (range). I naturally assumed that they stood for twerp and ridge, respectively.
A childhood belief about road signs
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the lines on roads were for motorcycles to drive on.— Downes
- I used to think oil patches on the roads was dead rainbows— Si
- i used to believe that the signs for curvy roads were for snake crossingsAnon
- I used to think the reflectors in the middle of roads were pieces of cheese!Anon
- I used to think that the right sides of roads are empty in England, since everyone drives on the left.Anon
- that Uttoxeter was a huge and important place, cause all roads in Stafforshire point towards it— rosy