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TV Alert: BBC2 -- Running London's Roads
On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:52:46 -0700 (PDT), e27002
wrote: On Jun 11, 2:01*pm, Recliner wrote: e27002 wrote: On Jun 11, 1:52 am, Richard wrote: On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:31:04 -0500, Recliner The hype consistently misuses the word "City", when the writer means County or Region. *The City of London has a population of 7.3 THOUSAND. *It had considerably less before the Barbican was constructed. I see no incorrect references to the "the City". The lower case "city" means the whole of London to any sensible person, which may not include Mr Auer Hudson. I don't think the programme or the audience is interested in a pedantic rehearsal of the various historical county structures that make up modern London, just how the clogged traffic is kept flowing. It's a story about London's traffic, not its historic local government structures. You have difficulty avoiding responding to my posts without a snide remarks. Mention this to your therapist. He may be able to help. London has been my past home for a sum total of eight years. Variously, I lived in Surbiton, Motspur Park, Maida Vale, The West End (Hanson Street), New Malden, and Shepherds Bush. The term "the city" always referred to, and only referred to, the square mile (actually 1.6 square miles) of the City of London. This was true even when the term was utilized within the City of Westminster! So, by your imputation none of my neighbors, or colleagues, were sensible people. Neither Edgware, nor Morden are in "the city" any more than Lancaster and Long Beach are in the City of Los Angeles. Both Lancaster and Long Beach are certainly in the County of Los Angeles. Spend some time in London; you will become accustomed to the vernacular. Wow, you lived in six well-separated London areas in just eight years -- presumably you were on the run from the cops, debt collectors or cuckolded husbands? No wonder you needed therapy when you finally escaped to the US, although from your previous posts, I get the impression that you've kept up your peripatetic existence in the States as well. I'm afraid I've never met a therapist, so I'll have trouble discussing your case with one -- is it compulsory to use them in the US, along with gun ownership? In this country, few people feel the need for either. Perhaps that's why you left. I've visited the US around 70 times since 1979 but, fortunately, very few of my itineraries included LA. I have to confess that I regarded Long Beach as part of LA when I dined under the Spruce Goose there. I now realise my grave error in not mastering the political geography of the city before visiting it. Even worse, I made the critical mistake of thinking that Disneyland and LAX were in LA when I was there. Was I also wrong in thinking that Hollywood was in LA? I'm not sure what the vernacular of London is these days? Perhaps it's Polish or Russian, or maybe it's Urdu. It's certainly changed in the 40+ years I've lived and worked in this city. And, no, I don't live in the City. |
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