[Miata] 2 questions and regionalisms NMC

[pethier at comcast.net]

From: "Dennis B. Swaney" <romad at mac.com> 
> > 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. 

I don't see a cause-result relationship here.   Having 40 freeways instead of 5 would have nothing to do with this linguistic quirk.

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