Re: HGTV Dream House Giveaway

Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to send <mmeahan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
here for all to seenews:43dae6bf$0$96017$742ec2ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

>>
>> That's silly. Nantucket, MA, is a mere 2.5 sq m in size, and we've
>> never said we were "on" Nantucket when we vacationed there. Or is
>> this something just the natives say?
>
>
> Well, like other people have said, maybe it's just the military
> people.

I thought about this and people around here, military or not, say "on" when
referring to an island. I live "on Kiawah", "on Seabrook", "on Wadmalaw"
etc. They go to vacation on Kiawah. Now, as far as "on Guam" goes - I've
only heard that from military people.
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