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Posted by Dyre Dan on Wed Feb 18 12:56:50 2015, in response to Re: The 70s: N Queens Blvd Express?, posted by randyo on Tue Feb 17 18:36:26 2015. Why should some trains be referred to one way, and some the other? The AA, BB, and CC all ran on CPW, and I always pronounced their designations in the same manner, repeating the letter (Ay-Ay, etc.).The trains you say were called "Double something" have one thing in common: the names of the letters in question begin with vowel sounds, while the names of the letters of the other trains you list begin with consonant sounds. I guess that somehow (subconsciously?) affected the way you pronounced the names, but still can't imagine why. Actually, come to think of it, there was a slight difference between how I pronounced the trains in the first group and the trains in the second, at least when preceded by the word "the" (as they usually would be), since that word is pronounced differently when followed by a vowel. So, emphasizing that difference, the trains in your first group would be "thee Ay-Ay", "thee Ee-Ee", etc., while the trains in your second group would be "thuh Bee-Bee", "thuh Cee-Cee", etc. |
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