On Jan 23, 9:29 pm, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > I will admit that, now that I've lived in L.A. for almost 10 years, > I've adopted "the (route number)," to the extent that I've caught it > coming out of my mouth when I'm in other parts of the country...and it > immediately sounds wrong to my ears when it does.
Having just been in LA this week, I still refer to the 110 as "the 11" or "the Harbor," the 710 as "the 7" or "the Long Beach," the 5 as "the Santa Ana" -- and don't know what to do with the 105/Century, since it was built after I left. I've been told on more than one occasion that, up here in the Bay Area, to use the article before the freeway name is a dead giveaway. I don't care. I take the 1 to the 280 to the 237 to the 101 to work. --Dake Sikula --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
