I always thought 880 was called the Nimitz for the same reason the Navy has
named an aircraft carrier the Nimitz, and also the Nimitz museum. It's in
honor of Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, who served with distinction
and helped lead the USA to victory in both World Wars.
But why anyone would name a freeway after a distinguished Naval commander, I
do not know.
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From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Darren Madams
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 14:24
To: Sethracer@aol.com
Cc: kkelly@spss.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Accents
Probably the same reason that up in Sacramento, where half the freeways
are called some form of 80 and travel in all directions.
It's so confusing that pretty much everyone calls one of the 80s "The
Capital City Freeway" which nearly everyone appreviates "Cap City
Freeway" and I've even heard "The Cap" a few times on traffic reports.
The morning news even abbreviates it "CCF", not to be confused with GGF!
A better question, is why is 280 labelled North/South when the majority
of it's use is East/West? And why the hell is 880 called "The Nimitz"?
--Darren
p.s. English accents are still pretty geographic. My mom (who only has
started adjusting her strong English accent in the last few years) can
generally pinpoint the county, if not the city of true English people.
As travel and migration have picked up, they've all muddled, but in the
smaller lower-class communties accents are so strong they're even their
own language (Cornish for example, which my Grandfather speaks and I
attempted to learn a few years ago).
You wrote:
> Katie writes:
> I find accents really fascinating, and all of them possess their own
charm. I wish people would stop moving so much, so there could be some
consistency.
>
>
> Okay. Why do Southern California call their freeways "THE 405" and "THE
605", etc.? I don't take "THE 280" up to San Francisco, or "THE 101" to
Gilroy. I take Highway 280 or 101. My daughters used to laugh at the
southerner's naming convention. Both live there right now and use the same
terms. ARRRGH! -Seth
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