the Puget Sound

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:23 PM -0800 11/14/02, A. Maberry wrote:
>For some reason, it doesn't sound odd to me, although I think that I would
>only use "Puget Sound" or, the equally common "the Sound." Maybe the usage
>is just an extension of "the Sound" by some Seattleites. There really
>isn't much room for confusion as to which "sound" is meant around here.
>
>allen
>maberry at u.washington.edu

That's how Long Island Sound works around here (southern
Connecticut), or on the Island (where I used to live).  Either "They
live on Long Island Sound" or "They live on the Sound", but never (as
Steve Boatti points out) "They live on the Long Island Sound".   What
I'm wondering is if anyone has tried using "The Puget Sound" for
Seattle-style music (neo-grunge?).  Seems like a natural.

larry

>
>On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Peter Richardson wrote:
>
>>  Recently three of my students who are from the Seattle area have referred
>>  to "the Puget Sound." And this morning on Morning Edition there was a
>>  background comment about "the Puget Sound"--a comment made not by the
>>  reporter, but by someone native to the area. Now, I've always said, "the
>>  Puget Sound area," but otherwise just "Puget Sound": Puget Sound is
>>  pretty, they live on Puget Sound, etc. Has anyone in this neck of the
>>  woods noticed what seems to be a recent phenomenon? (Or any other neck of
>>  the woods, for that matter) It's doubtful that these three students are up
>>  to something, hatching a plot to drive me crazy; and I know that they're
>>  all natives of the area and not from east of the mountains, where one
>>  tends to say "the Coast."
>>
>>  Peter R.
>>