IVIV (1) Near the Airport

[Keith]

On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Paul Mackin wrote:

Did a double take when I read  EAST Imperial 'cause obviously it's  
West Imperial Highway that runs through Watts and south of the  
airport, but realize now that Pynchon was talking about  Imperial  
AVENUE in El Segundo, which uses a localized east/west designation.  
(local street runs parallel to the highway) Details.
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Had he meant the Highway, he would have written "off 'the' East  
Imperial."
In Califonia dialect, the name and or number of a freeway, highway,  
or off ramp
is always preceded by 'the.' Surface streets are articleless.

Illustrated here by Art Fern (starts at 5:14)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HXkfDeR9Nw

Romantic hermeneutics at their best, eh?