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[David Bergdahl]

On Long Island there's "Rockville Centre, NY" which I suppose is meant
to sound tonier with the -re, at least that's what we kids in Valley
Stream thought ... [which I've been told was "Rum Junctioion" before the
real estate guys got a hold of it]

Laurence Horn wrote:

> Nobody's mentioned the fact that there's a related "pretentious" or
> upscale use of CENTRE in the U.S. (as opposed to Britain and Canada
> where it is of course the standard spellling).  I've come across
> various uses of this for city or shopping "centres", probably in some
> trendy suburban setting, although I can't think of where at the
> moment.  Can anyone?
>
> larry

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