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Old 09-08-2010, 03:04 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
No, we never say that, simply because almost no British town or city is built on a grid system (there are a very few exceptions to that, but not many). We'd say something like "the shop is 400 yards up the street", or perhaps even "cross two side streets and the shop is on your left", but we'd never, ever, talk about "blocks".
But the Swedish word for block does not require a grid system. A "block" is the part between two crossing side streets. So you do not have a word for that?
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