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'fairway' for 'midway'?
EmmettRedd
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2016/07/09 - 12:50pm

I just read a science fiction story taking place in the American Southwest where 'fairway' is used to mean a fair's 'midway' (and the story uses midway later). Was it a poor editing job (a few other examples cropped up), or is that a usage in some regions? BTW, I have only known 'fairway' as associated with a golf course.

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2016/07/10 - 3:53am

Were it any large ground other than a fairground, fairway  would simply mean the more or less natural passageways about it.  But as it is, in the context of a fair,   fairway  does sound like an unintended mix-up, just because it contains the word fair.

I think fairway is also, in a liberal manner, short for  golf course.

Are there other sporting grounds called  course?   Obstacles course is one.  Others are court  or  field   for how large they are.

 

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2016/07/10 - 12:04pm

RobertB said

Are there other sporting grounds called  course?   Obstacles course is one.  Others are court  or  field   for how large they are.

   

There is race course and cross-country course (one of which my granddaughter ran was on a golf course).

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