[Miata] 2 questions and regionalisms NMC

[Dennis B. Swaney]

pethier at comcast.net wrote:
> From: "Fred Dagher" <strider96 at earthlink.net>
> 
>> I hit one of those at the intersection of the 405 N and the 101 a few years
>> ago. 
> 
> This is an interesting California regionalism I never noticed until the O J Simpson chase.
> 
> A Minnesotan would never consider saying "THE 494".  It's just "494".
> 

That's because you don't have as many freeways as we do. Ours even have 
names, like the San Diego Freeway, the Pasadena Freeway, etc.
-- 


Miataly,
Dennis
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