tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1262301168493662112.post677070938379383454..comments2024-01-13T02:09:55.184-08:00Comments on Tom on kgoe: Is it 101 and 5 or the 101 and the 5?Tom Sebournhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10181314524021111122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1262301168493662112.post-75234993518259029372009-03-16T12:33:00.000-07:002009-03-16T12:33:00.000-07:00I think you should use the proper Caltrans name, U...I think you should use the proper Caltrans name, United States Highway One-Zero-One" also shown as US101. How far do you want to take it? US101, Highway 101, US Highway 101??? "The One-Oh-One" cuts to the chase... AND everubody knows what you are talking about. Often the media refers to places like Contra Costa as Kon-trah Kos-tah when it should be saif with the long O and a roll of the tongue. Is it San Hozay or San Jose??? is it Usama bin-Laden or Osama Bin Laden???Greg Sebournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10530550845992338383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1262301168493662112.post-83262506417317880372009-03-14T23:06:00.000-07:002009-03-14T23:06:00.000-07:00I had the chance to make a reference to it Friday,...I had the chance to make a reference to it Friday, I think it was in my news. I said highway 101 instead of the 101. It felt as good as the difference between driving the (I mean) highway 101 just north of L.A. to driving 101 between Trinidad and Eureka. It will take a little getting used to, but I think I could get used to it.Tom Sebournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181314524021111122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1262301168493662112.post-72665998074901916742009-03-14T16:43:00.000-07:002009-03-14T16:43:00.000-07:00So Tom,which is it for you now?'the one oh one' a ...So Tom,which is it for you now?<BR/>'the one oh one' a phrase not from or of here.<BR/>or<BR/>101..... plain simple and Humboldtian.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836475540967513638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1262301168493662112.post-15159598223509469012009-03-14T14:18:00.000-07:002009-03-14T14:18:00.000-07:00Sometimes in radio, it's all about the syllables, ...Sometimes in radio, it's all about the syllables, the fewer you can use to get the same message across, the better. We like to say triple w dot bla bla dot com instead of www. www. is 10 syllables while the later is only 6.<BR/>Highway 101 is 5 syllables and the 101 is only 4. It may be incorrect but in advertising, every second is money.Tom Sebournhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181314524021111122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1262301168493662112.post-71267182001084613182009-03-14T10:01:00.000-07:002009-03-14T10:01:00.000-07:00oh look! This is indeed a hot topic.http://www.no...oh look! This is indeed a hot topic.<BR/><BR/>http://www.northcoastjournal.com/issues/2009/03/12/la-influence/<BR/><BR/>"While reading Marcy Burstiner's "Subscribe 'til It Hurts," I noticed what I consider an error in the article ("Media Maven," March 5). She used the phrase/term "The 101" -- referring, of course, to our north-south highway."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836475540967513638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1262301168493662112.post-1536491030792811622009-03-13T20:48:00.000-07:002009-03-13T20:48:00.000-07:00In Southern Cal 'the' is the common and nonirritat...In Southern Cal 'the' is the common and nonirritating prefix for a highway. <BR/>In Northern Cal 'the' is the uncommon, definitely irritating, prefix for a numbered highway.<BR/>It is a verbal indicator that one is not from here. <BR/> <BR/>If you want to be considered local I would go with the local usage of highway identification... no 'the'.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836475540967513638noreply@blogger.com