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A quirk resulting from this is that New Orleanians refer to medians as "neutral grounds," as there was a median separating the american sector from the french
by DiNovi 10y ago
A quirk resulting from this is that New Orleanians refer to medians as "neutral grounds," as there was a median separating the american sector from the french quarter where trade between the two occured(this is now canal st.).
- NOSHSHNACKERS 10y agonutra ground.. like nutra rat. I thought as a kid giant rats lived in the there. You would see dead nutria on the side of the road as a kid and there you go.. nightmares
- cafard 10y agoIsn't "neutral ground" for "median" a British usage?
- cannam 10y agoI'm British and I didn't recognise either term. I had to head for Wikipedia to translate to British English ("central reservation").
- cafard 10y agoI was wrong. My thinking seems to have been "I've seen that before; the British have a different term; ergo it's British." In fact, "neutral ground" was familiar from Walker Percy's novel The Moviegoer, which is set in New Orleans.