tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post453270981067407403..comments2023-11-09T03:33:41.728-05:00Comments on Jenny and Kelly Read Books: Kelly's Book 4.13: Grand River and Joykellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-21055332194362640872013-04-11T17:43:26.705-04:002013-04-11T17:43:26.705-04:00Exactly! We're saving 3 letters here. But I gu...Exactly! We're saving 3 letters here. But I guess it gets too long with "River Ave." added to it (In fact, I just counted: "Grand River Ave" is actually 3 characters longer than "Philadelphia," if you count the spaces... Huh. However, cutting off "delphia" is way more savings than just "ran".) Also... we just went to Detroit on Tuesday night and I saw a Gd River Ave sign and it was *plenty* wide to fit an extra "ran" in the middle.<br /><br />I just checked with my good buddy Google to find out if there was any info about this and... there is a little! First, <a href="http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Misc/misc.transport.road/2007-07/msg01859.html" rel="nofollow">this guy</a> gives a cost justification for the shortening Grand (in that case, Grand Rapids) (but the very first commenter kind of blows it out of the water.)<br /><br />Re: Gd Rapids, <a href="http://gabbygeezer.blogspot.com/2012/08/isnt-it-grand.html" rel="nofollow">this guy</a> has a pretty funny post about that. Heh.<br /><br />More googling around reveals that this seems to be a specifically *Michigan* abbreviation (New York has apparently been know to use "Gr" which I think could be easily confused with "Great") (Not that I would immediately know that Gd = Grand, honestly...) *and* there are quite a few Michiganders who find it strange and irritating. Ha! Who knew?<br />kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-89310428983842232142013-04-11T17:00:19.999-04:002013-04-11T17:00:19.999-04:00I love it when street signs have abbreviations. I ...I love it when street signs have abbreviations. I always loved it when they said "Phila" when I was in college. I mean, duh, of course Philadelphia is too long to fit on a sign. I'm not really seeing where GRAND is too long of a word, though! <br /><br />It's always so interesting to read a book kind of cold. That's one way to kick the expectation problem!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205737257301534685noreply@blogger.com