[Miata] 2 questions and regionalisms NMC

[Jeani Jessen]

In C;ton, its just "the freeway"--there is only one! LOL
  jeani jessen

cagecko at comcast.net wrote:
    I think it's just a Southern CA thing.. I live in Northern CA (Sacramento, and I've lived in the Bay Area), and nobody here calls highways "The" highway number... I did live in Houston TX for 2 miserable years, and noticed that they do use "the" in front of the highway number.. so I think it's a southern thing.
   
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From: Jon Etkins <jon at snikte.net> 

> pethier at comcast.net wrote: 
> > From: "Fred Dagher" 
> > 
> >> 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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