The "the" is creeping into the various traffic guys' vocabulary up here.
I've been tempted to call and tell them to knock it off!
--Pat K
P.S. note my new email address, I post with high hopes it will work
consistently (hasn't happened yet)
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>From: Sethracer@aol.com
>To: <kkelly@spss.com>, <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: Accents
>Date: Wed, Dec 5, 2001, 10:56 AM
>
>Katie writes:
>I find accents really fascinating, and all of them possess their own charm.
>I wish people would stop moving so much, so there could be some consistency.
>
>
>Okay. Why do Southern California call their freeways "THE 405" and "THE
>605", etc.? I don't take "THE 280" up to San Francisco, or "THE 101" to
>Gilroy. I take Highway 280 or 101. My daughters used to laugh at the
>southerner's naming convention. Both live there right now and use the same
>terms. ARRRGH! -Seth
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