Re: Northern/Southern Cal linguistic split

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From: John Albert
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 16:25

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In article <SLAGLE.94Apr13215435@sgi523.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com> slagle@lmsc.lockheed.com writes:
>In article <1994Apr13.162801.11279@ccc.amdahl.com> csc80@cd.amdahl.com (Carol C. Kankelborg) writes:
>
>> On a different note, being from the East Coast (PA), I've noticed
>> that different parts of the country call their highways and turnpikes
>> different things. 
>
>> Turnpike - toll highway in Pennsylvania, Ohio too, I think.
>
>Don't forget the Mass. Turnpike.  The usage is fairly common
>throughout the northeast and mid-Atlantic states and down as far
>as Kentucky and Tennessee, I believe.  It is a reference to the
>early American toll barriers which involved a rotating "pike" or
>log barricade to control passage.

Toll highways in Oklahoma (including portions of some Interstates)
are known both officially and familiarly as ``turnpikes''.
Especially the euphonious Turner Turnpike between Okla. City and
Tulsa.

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From: jalbert@nsfan1.math.uoknor.edu (John Albert)
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Subject: Re: Northern/Southern Cal linguistic split
Date: 14 Apr 1994 16:25:15 GMT
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