[lbo-talk] Rise of Nasty Right

[Michael McIntyre]

No, we call it the Edens.  Until it merges with I-90, at which point it
becomes the Kennedy.  Until it hits the South Side, at which point it
becomes the Dan Ryan.  Until it runs in to I-294, where most traffic follows
it and it's the Bishop Ford.  But leave it to those Angelenos to confuse
things!

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:08 AM, joseph noonan <joseph at noonan.ws> wrote:


> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Bob Morris wrote:
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>>> 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."
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>> It's because people in southern California spend so much time on freeways
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> No more time than people in Houston do, so this won't do as an explanation.
>  Chicagoans actually have longer average commutes than Angelenos and they
> don't call it "The I-94".
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> -j
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