Dispatch from Oz

Lynne Murphy lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK
Fri Sep 15 14:39:35 UTC 2000


>"Downtown" revisited:
>According to the CBC reporter on the news from Ottawa this morning, the
>expression in Sydney is "CBD" for central business district.
>A. Murie


That's the same in Johannesburg, South Africa--although most of the
businesses have actually moved out to the suburbs.

Lynne
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