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- From: dant@techbook.com (Dan Tilque)
- Subject: K Street
- Message-ID: <Bzqz8z.2Jt@techbook.com>
- Organization: Pseudopolis Yard
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 04:59:54 GMT
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- I ran across a reference to K Street in a recent Economist. The exact
- context was that Capitol Hill and K Street would be pleased with
- Bentsen's appointment as Treasury Secretary.
-
- Oviously this is metonomy, but for what? I assume that this is refering
- to K Street in Washington, D.C., but what's on K Street. My guess is
- that it's the headquarters of the Treasury Dept. and that this is
- refering to the rank and file Treasury bureaucrats.
-
- This also reminded me of a short list that I have of streets that have
- become metonyms or toponyms.
-
- Wall St.
- Madison Ave.
- Fleet St.
- Skid Road an actual road in Seattle
- Grub Street my dictionary tells me that this referes to literary
- hacks, but I've never heard it used.
-
- Any additions?
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- Dan Tilque -- dant@techbook.com
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