End of ADS-L Digest - 9 Nov 1994 to 10 Nov 1994

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There are 14 messages totalling 300 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Freeway names (5)

 2. word geography (5)

 3. Michael Miller

 4. motivation for 'swan'

 5. subscription

 6. Eighty-six



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Date:  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 21:56:05 -0800

From:  Roger Vanderveen <rvander[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ICHIPS.INTEL.COM>

Subject: Re: Freeway names



  Being new, I know not whether you have discussed the major NoCAL vs SoCAL

  dialectal distinction I've noticed -- re: how freeways are referred to.

  In Southern California it's always: you take *the* 101 to *the* 405...,

  whereas in Northern California you take 101 to 680. Since I was raised in



Yes, but there are some roads in the Bay Area which are often referred to with

the article:



the Montague (or, Montague Expressway)

NEVER "the San Tomas", but sometimes "the Lawrence Expressway."



Sometimes "the Nimitz" or "the Bayshore" but never "the 880" or "the 101."



And 680; does anyone even know what the Sinclair Freeway is?



And the one I detest the most: "THE El Camino!"