Date:  Fri, 2 Dec 1994 10:28:12 -0600

From:  Mary Howe <HOWE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UKANVAX.BITNET>

Subject: Another highway observation



All the discussion about the use of the article in highway names brings

to mind another phenomenon I've noticed in Kansas. I grew up in various

New England states, where we either used the highway number alone or

preceded by the word 'highway' (e.g., "Take 95 to the Attleboro exit" or

 "Take highway 95 to the Attleboro exit"). In this part of the country,

the number precedes the highway (e.g., "Take 10 highway to Eudora"). My

husband grew up in Kansas City, so at first I thought this was just a

feature used to describe roads around here, but he uses this construction

when we're in other parts of the country as well. (But what can you

expect from someone who pronounces 'route' to rhyme with 'out'?)



Mary Howe



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