Date:  Fri, 11 Nov 1994 02:00:00 LCL

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: Freeway names



birrell walsh says that "in the hospital" is giving way to "in

hospital". this is news to me--is it particularly californian?



but i don't think that the "the" before hospital, school, etc. is

related to the "the" before route numbers, since in south africa (and

i'm presuming england) where they use "in hospital" they also use

the "the" before route numbers, as in "take the M1 to the M2".



saw a local production of _angels in america_ here and was stunned

by the skill that the actors had in producing american accents. but

the illusion was shattered everytime they said "in hospital"

(undoubtedly not in the original script) and when they erroneously

put flaps in "utah".



lynne

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