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I remember reading some years ago about a village in the UK that wanted to be removed from satnav maps. At that time, most of the people who used them were tru
by hprotagonist 9y ago
I remember reading some years ago about a village in the UK that wanted to be removed from satnav maps.
At that time, most of the people who used them were truck drivers, and the 12th-century village's main road was about 3 inches too narrow to allow a truck through.
A wedged truck on main street a week for 8 months, and people got pretty cranky about it.
I'm not sure what ever happened, though.
- reificator 9y ago> A wedged truck on main street a week for 8 months, and people got pretty cranky about it. I think you accidentally a word there.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoNot sure it's actually wrong, but it does read weird. "A wedged truck on main street [each] week for eight months" reads a little better, but I don't think what the parent comment said was technically incorrectly written.
- hprotagonist 9y agoPerhaps I should’ve said “One truck” instead of “A truck”.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoThat would've read a little easier as well.
- hprotagonist 9y agothe fancy-pants term for this, i think, is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_path_sentence
- lainga 9y agoIt's a clipped version of After putting up with [one] wedged truck..., it seems valid to me. Similar to An apple a day keeps the doctor away, or more similarly, An apple a day, and the doctor stays away.