"bring Route 40"

[Marc Velasco]

I wonder if this is a wholesale replacement of take for bring, or whether
take and bring both exist for this idiom, and there's some sort of rule that
says whether to use one or the other.

And then I wonder if Google Maps starts incorporating local idioms as it
gives automatic directions.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Doug_Harris <cats22 at stny.rr.com> wrote:

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> Not even remotely like bringing home a stray puppy!
> dh
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> Then it stands to reason that one can also say "I took the airplane to
> London; I brought the airplane home again."
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> Hard to search for this kind of thing; but try Googling <<"brought the
> subway home">>
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> (^_^)
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> Sure seems odd to me.
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> Not in DARE.
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> I don't recall encountering it myself.
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> -- Doug Wilson
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