"bring Route 40"

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Aug 26, 2008, at 11:52 AM, Doug Harris wrote:

> 'Sounds illogical to me: If you are following a route, or proceeding
> along the course of a route, how can you be said to be 'bringing' it?
> Of course by that logic, 'take route 40' doesn't sound too logical,
> either.
> Go, as they say, figure.

of course, this is not a matter of logic, but of idiom.

presumably an extension of other "bring" for "take" uses.

arnold

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