Grace (was Re: [LMB] Re:(chat) series and titles)

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, I wrote:

> At 03:26 AM 30/03/2007, Azalais Aranxta wrote:
>
>
> >In America, we always call rivers "X river" not "river X".  In
> >European texts I sometimes see "the river Thames" or "the river
> >Tiber" but all the rivers I grew up near in America were "the
> >Ohio river", "the Kanawha river", "the New river..."
>
> The usage I'm used to depends on the name: if it is "The X River",
> that is how it always is, but if it is "The X" then the river X is
> perfectly acceptable.

Are you USAian?  TSK has a very north American setting.

~malfoy :)

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