--- Pat Kelly <lollipop487@attbi.com> wrote:
> 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!
Yep, it would be un-American to not drop articles and
prepositions, flatten vowels and verb nouns whenever
needed ;-)
Craig
> --Pat K
> P.S. note my new email address, I post with high
> hopes it will work
> consistently (hasn't happened yet)
> ----------
> >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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