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From: Rich Alderson
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:32
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:32
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In article <BzFH4J.21v@exnet.co.uk>, s0gwb@exnet (George Battrick) writes:
>I'm not sure where in this fragmenting thread to place my examples, but
>it puzzles me that
>a) the two ways one road avoids another are called an "underpass" and a
>"flyover":
In the US, the two alternatives are "underpass" and "overpass."
>b) the French airline is "Air France", but their phone company is "France
>Telecom".
But that's French, rather than English. :->
--
Rich Alderson 'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take
such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.'
--J. R. R. Tolkien,
alderson@leland.stanford.edu _The Lost Road_
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Newsgroups: sci.lang Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!nntp.Stanford.EDU!alderson From: alderson@elaine46.Stanford.EDU (Rich Alderson) Subject: Re: Postnominal Adjectives (Was: postpositive articles in English) In-Reply-To: s0gwb@exnet.co.uk (George Battrick) Message-ID: <1992Dec18.233215.27498@leland.Stanford.EDU> Originator: alderson@leland.Stanford.EDU Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Reply-To: alderson@elaine46.Stanford.EDU (Rich Alderson) Organization: Stanford University Academic Information Resources References: <1992Nov19.190026.937@almserv.uucp> <87743@bcsaic.boeing.com> <168AC12493.JAREA@UKCC.UKY.EDU> <BzFH4J.21v@exnet.co.uk> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 23:32:15 GMT Lines: 17