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- From: jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (Joel K. Furr)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.urban
- Subject: Re: The El (Was: Re: Conductivity of water <plus a story from Uncle Dave>)
- Message-ID: <BzoEHJ.54t@polaris.async.vt.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 19:36:54 GMT
- References: <13695@optilink.COM> <BzJ394.J5F@polaris.async.vt.edu> <13698@optilink.COM>
- Organization: Virginia Center for Lemur Fandom (subscribe to alt.fan.lemurs TODAY)
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- In article <13698@optilink.COM> manley@optilink.COM (Terry Manley) writes:
- >In article <BzJ394.J5F@polaris.async.vt.edu> jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (Joel K. Furr) writes:
- >>In article <13695@optilink.COM> manley@optilink.COM (Terry Manley) writes:
- >>>I lived in Chicago for a while quite near the "L". For those of you
- >>>who don't know the "L" is an (extremely noisy) electric train system
- >>>employing a third rail.
- >>
- >>Interestingly, it's called the El because it's an elevated train. Not the
- >>"L"... the El.
- >
- >WEl I haven't been there since '79 and the brain tends to wipe out
- >unpleasant memories! I was undecided as to whether it was "L" or
- >"El" - did it stand for "Electric" or "Elevated" or "Loupe"
- >as in "The Loupe". For those of you that don't know, "The Loupe"
- >is the downtown area of Chicago.
-
- Well, no, it's not, but the "Loop" is.
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