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lightcastleLanguage log takes a peek at the regionally-idiomatic use of the definite article for highways, public transport systems, and neighborhoods. (Triggered by a NoCal/SoCal difference on the matter.)
Thinking quickly, Montreal English throws a definite article in front of all the highways. (Even the Decarie.) New York uses just numbers, and so does Boston. (I don't think I ever heard anyone use a definite article or even an "I" for the interstates.) Indiana uses the I, but not the definite article, although I'm not sure I'm remembering that correctly.
Public transit takes the definite article in Boston, Montreal, and New York, I think. (I will take the T, the Metro, the Subway.)
Anyone have thoughts on local idiosyncrasies they notice?
Thinking quickly, Montreal English throws a definite article in front of all the highways. (Even the Decarie.) New York uses just numbers, and so does Boston. (I don't think I ever heard anyone use a definite article or even an "I" for the interstates.) Indiana uses the I, but not the definite article, although I'm not sure I'm remembering that correctly.
Public transit takes the definite article in Boston, Montreal, and New York, I think. (I will take the T, the Metro, the Subway.)
Anyone have thoughts on local idiosyncrasies they notice?
