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Absolutely - as I will remind myself next time I walk along The Cut from Waterloo! Ahhhh, but that IS the name of the road. It isn't called just 'Cut' is it? The road that links Trafalgar Square to Aldwych in London is called "Strand" but is universally known as The Strand. |
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« Reply #31 on: May 28, 2023, 16:12:12 » |
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The A580 from Salford to Liverpool is called East Lancashire Road, but is universally known as The East Lancs Road
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« Reply #32 on: May 28, 2023, 20:28:53 » |
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The elegant road in the centre of Cheltenham is called Promenade but people always refer to it at The Promenade. In this case there is a credible reason, to avoid spoken confusion between "Promenade" (the road) and "promenade" (take a walk). In older times the posh people promenaded on The Promenade, indeed into the early twentieth century a policeman would keep the hoi polloi away from promenading on The Promenade, though they were free to promenade on the nearby High Street.
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« Reply #33 on: May 29, 2023, 00:14:39 » |
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With apologies for going off at a tangent from this tangent (is that possible?): I’m reminded of the tale of a policeman who, on finding a dead body on Philadelphia St in Bristol, dragged it round the corner onto Penn St. Why? Because it was easier to spell.
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« Reply #34 on: May 29, 2023, 11:05:47 » |
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Google is technically correct, though wrong in this instance. Compare: I'm going to Ireland. He was born in the Republic of Ireland. They eat this in Indonesia. This is from the Philippines.
These rules apply to place names, not necessarily names of things.
Street names are a bit different. Gloucester Road is the name of a road, whereas the Gloucester road is the road that goes to Gloucester. It just happens that in the case of the road you (and I) shop on, this happens to be the same thing!
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« Reply #35 on: May 29, 2023, 11:36:44 » |
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Street names are a bit different. Gloucester Road is the name of a road, whereas the Gloucester road is the road that goes to Gloucester. It just happens that in the case of the road you (and I) shop on, this happens to be the same thing!
I'd agree, except that Cheltenham Road - of which Gloucester Road is a continuation - never gets the definite article. |
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« Reply #40 on: June 21, 2023, 10:21:04 » |
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