Date:  Wed, 30 Nov 1994 11:26:58 -0800

From:  Scott Schwenter <schwen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>

Subject: Re: 'the' in place names (Kaye)



> ....San Francisco neighborhoods.

>

>The Mission

>The Haight

>The Ingleside

>The Sunset

>The Western Addition

>The Richmond

>The Castro

>The Marina

>

>but

>

>Noe Valley

>Hunters Point

>Japantown

>Chinatown

>North Beach

>Twin Peaks

>

>Bayview and the Bayview are both heard,

>as are South of Market and the South of Market. The former is older;

>when it was a largely Irish neighborhood it was called South of the Slot

>because there was a cable-car (with a slot to grip the cable) running on

>Market Street.

>



Aren't these differences due to the fact that those that take 'the' (except

for 'The Western Addition') are shortened from a longer NP 'The X

District'? On the other hand, the non 'the'-taking neighborhoods don't take

'District' : *'The Japantown District'.



On local TV newscasts (e.g. KGO), those that take the article are always

either 'The X District' or 'San Francisco's X District'



Scott