[OT] McGuinness/margin in Polish Brooklyn

[David Donnell]

I beg your pardon, I reckon this is more ESL than ADS-L material:

A Polish woman in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn told me
that local Polish-speakers pronounce McGuinness Blvd as
"MAR-gee-nees", because it is considered a 'margin' between the two
sides of the community.

McGuinness Blvd is the major thoroughfare one takes to get into
Manhattan, via the Queens Midtown Tunnel or the 59th Street Bridge...
here's a map:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/%5B61-111%5D+McGuinness+Blvd+Brooklyn+NY+11222/

Anyone know the Polish word for 'margin'?

DD
Missourian @ NYC

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