[Lexicog] Re: "orientate" (was Frequency ...)

[Kenneth C. Hill]

This reminds me of an anecdote I heard while I was a student in Washington
DC. A woman from Massachusetts asks the taxicab driver to take her to an
address on [a:] Street. She doesn't like where she is driven and
admonishes the driver, "[a:] Street, as in [a:], S, T." The driver
answers, "Ma'am, where I come from, it's [a:], J, K."

--Ken Hill

--- Mike Maxwell <maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu> wrote:

> Having said all this, here's an article you may enjoy; it's about how
> the Washington DC metro drivers and conductors are being given lessons 
> in how to _properly_ pronounce the names of stations:
>    http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20050610-103311-8295r.htm
> If you've ever strained to hear drivers/ conducters announce the next
> stop, 
> as I have, I think you'll have to admit, there's something to be said
> for getting them to enunciate...
> 
> -- 
> 	Mike Maxwell
> 	Linguistic Data Consortium
> 	maxwell at ldc.upenn.edu
> 



		
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