[Miata] 2 questions and regionalisms NMC

[Jon Etkins]

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".

Yeah, I noticed that a while back but just put it down to (yet another) Californian oddity. :)  The only other place I've heard anything similar is in England, where they sometimes refer to "The (town name) High Street".

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