Re: canadian usage

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:05:48 GMT

sage@allstream.net wrote:

> > Are there any examples of truly exclusive Canadian usages, eh?
> >
> > pjk
>
> Skid Road -- along which logs are moved.

In Seattle they show you the specific Skid Road that was allegedly
folk-etymologized into "Skid Row."

Seattle is not in Canada.

It's not even particularly close to Canada. 

-- 
Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net

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