[lbo-talk] Rise of Nasty Right

[ravi]

On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> I'm not wondering about the number, but the use of the definite  
> article. Elsewhere people say "95" or "I-95." I've never heard  
> anyone say "The 95."

People say "the Bruckner", "the Pulaski Skyway", etc,. Not just to  
refer to them in the abstract, but in a sentence such as "You can take  
the Pulaski to get to Holland Tunnel" (should that be "the Holland  
Tunnel"?). In fact, it seems to me, "I-95" (without the "the") is the  
oddball.

	--ravi

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