Make/take a left/right, etc.

[Alice Faber]

Laurence Horn said:
>
>Somehow this discussion of "make" vs. "take", combining with the
>thread on Philly, reminds me of that great billboard you see coming
>down on Amtrak from New York to Philadelphia just outside New
>Jersey's Capital City, reading
>
>TRENTON MAKES
>THE WORLD TAKES
>
>I've never been able to figure out if this is pride speaking, or a complaint.
>

My reaction to this sign has always been "and they're *bragging*
about this?????"

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