Context. I'd be happy to hear it accelerating off the apex at Stirlings and tearing down towards Clearways. Not so much when strolling down the Brompton Road.
Odd, isn't it, how some street names just take a definite article? Do we know why this is? Also, the rule varies for some people. I've always thought of the Holloway Road, for example, whilst others do not.
Odd, isn't it, how some street names just take a definite article? Do we know why this is? Also, the rule varies for some people. I've always thought of the Holloway Road, for example, whilst others do not.
The City Road, The King's Road.
I once found myself in a strip club on the City Road. Odd place. A bare lady grabbed my winkle without my permission.
Oh I see, referencing nursery rhymes is it instead of when the area was indeed my manor and I would be up and down it every day.
I am merely citing an old source that proves my point, sw. Besides you were a visitor to these shores and probably didn't speak the language very well. You can't be expected to pick up on all the nuances.
I am merely citing an old source that proves my point, sw. Besides you were a visitor to these shores and probably didn't speak the language very well. You can't be expected to pick up on all the nuances.
I lived off City Road and never heard the definitive article used in conjunction with it. Does sound right though
Irische, I think you mean. Are you from Switzerland?
You're correct, of course. What was I thinking?
It does make me laugh, however, that the Germans, when pressed to come up with a loving and affectionate term for one's dearest darling, came up with as unlovely a word as 'Schatz'.
It does make me laugh, however, that the Germans, when pressed to come up with a loving and affectionate term for one's dearest darling, came up with as unlovely a word as 'Schatz'.
Yes, the wife mostly, adoringly, refers to her children as "Kröte" and "Stinktier" and so on.
Odd, when you think about it. Or maybe, not so much.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."