RA>:-)  Up where I was raised, the old-timers give directions in terms of
  >people and places long gone.  I might refer to Martiny's road and
  >everybody who's lived there for forty-fifty years will know exactly what
  >road I mean even though Mr. and Mrs. Martiny passed on 30-35 years ago,
  >haven't lived on that road for 45 years, and the road has a different
  >official name.  And I noticed in July that the people who live on the
Grin!  I have a sister who lives in the back woods of south eastern
Kentucky.  Hearing directions down there is a real study in local
history.  "Now go down to old 27", they'll say.  The "new" 27, I learned
one day, was built around the beginning of World War II.
  >cut-off still have a real nasty gander, although surely not the same
  >nasty gander they had 25 years ago.  If I were giving directions to
  >somebody going to some place like Old Abe's, I might very well tell them
  >to go a mile and half past the place with the mean-tempered gander and go
  >straight when the highway turns.
And there are probably city born and bred folks who don't even know what
a gander is.
                         Sondra
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