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- From: wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk
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- Subject: Re: K Street
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.104616.10988@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 10:46:16 GMT
- References: <Bzqz8z.2Jt@techbook.com>
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- In article <Bzqz8z.2Jt@techbook.com>, dant@techbook.com (Dan Tilque) writes:
- > 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.
-
- Fleet Street is now sadly out-of-date, as all the national dalies have moved.
- As a result it is declining in popularity. `Wapping' is occasionally used to
- refer to the Rupert Murdoch Empire: the Sun, the Times and a few others.
-
- > 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.
-
- Broadway.
- Downing Street (for the Prime Minister's Office)
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