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[*] posted on 6-4-2008 at 05:45 PM


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It is correct to use the article for a territory, i.e.; The Yukon Territory. It is not correct for a state or nation.

Grump, grouse, growl.:mad:


Is that the final word or will this thread expire from over-bloatedness at a later date?


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[*] posted on 6-4-2008 at 05:51 PM


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["Is there sex after death(


Who would know? The more pertinant question for boys our age would be, "Is there death after sex."
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[*] posted on 6-4-2008 at 07:46 PM
I’m trying to give this thread new life through artificial insemination.




Caveat: I hope the Moderators agree that it is ok since the schools teach this too.

Edit: Changing from Censors to Moderators.

[Edited on 6-5-2008 by ELINVESTI8]




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[*] posted on 6-4-2008 at 07:58 PM


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Originally posted by Oso
It is correct to use the article for a territory, i.e.; The Yukon Territory. It is not correct for a state or nation.

Grump, grouse, growl.:mad:


But "The Baja", as it's used in a general sense is a territory or region consisting of two states: Baja California and Baja California Sur. We don't say The Baja California because it's a specific state but isn't saying "The Baja" equivalent to saying "The South" or "The West" in the U.S.?

Just for the record, the words are never uttered from my mouth. :P




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[*] posted on 6-4-2008 at 08:07 PM


Used, yes. Correct, no.



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[*] posted on 6-4-2008 at 09:27 PM


In Los Angeles there are the "La Brea" tar pits, on Wilshire Blvd. Every school kid had to study them and take a field trip there. These geographic features have always been called "The La Brea Tar Pits".

Now, if you translate that, it is: "The the tar tar pits".

Chew on that one.
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[*] posted on 6-4-2008 at 09:29 PM


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In Los Angeles there are the "La Brea" tar pits, on Wilshire Blvd. Every school kid had to study them and take a field trip there. These geographic features have always been called "The La Brea Tar Pits".

Now, if you translate that, it is: "The the tar tar pits".

Chew on that one.




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[*] posted on 6-4-2008 at 10:02 PM


Just my 2pesos-

Baja Norte and Sur are two separate states, which most infrequent travelers don't understand. The Baja peninsula is a geographic region. I would like to hear "peninsula" included with the words "THE Baja".

To be correct wouldn't we have to say-
1) "I'm traveling to Baja California Sur" or
2) "I'm traveling to Baja Norte"
3) "I'm traveling to THE Baja peninsula"???


If I hear a person say "I'm going to see THE New York", to me it means that person has a preconcieved idea of what New York will be and look like. When someone say's "I'm going to the Indy"... do you think of the city or the race?

The same goes for Baja. When I hear "I'm traveling to THE Baja" I think of the race, some other event, not a place. When advertisers say "Visit the Baja of your dreams", that's not necessarily a place because dreams are different for everyone as everyone's "ideal Baja" is different.

Maybe we can all take the gentle teacher approach and gently correct anyone who says "THE Baja" inappropriatly. A simple explanation that "THE Baja" should include "peninsula", otherwise it's refering to the region and should not include "THE".............
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[*] posted on 6-4-2008 at 10:03 PM


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Quote:
Originally posted by toneart
["Is there sex after death(


Who would know? The more pertinant question for boys our age would be, "Is there death after sex."
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Dennis! Are you begging for mercy or bragging?

Just to keep it on track with the topic I would like to contemplate (the) Baja life after (the) Baja sex. To put it another way ; have (the) Baja afterlife launched by (the) Baja sex. This way, (the) death is merely a means to a happy ending; anti-climatic, if you will. :spingrin:




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[*] posted on 6-5-2008 at 08:09 AM


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Just my 2pesos-

Baja Norte and Sur are two separate states,

To be correct wouldn't we have to say-
1) "I'm traveling to Baja California Sur" or
2) "I'm traveling to Baja Norte"
3) "I'm traveling to THE Baja peninsula"???


I.......


The state is Baja California - there is no "Norte" in the name.




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[*] posted on 6-5-2008 at 08:20 AM


You know when one says Baja Norte, all he means is 'NOT Baja Sur'... as in 'I'm going to Baja Norte'. Because if he says he is going to 'Baja'... then that means the whole peninsula, and maybe he wants to specify just the northern half?

Like in L.A. Bay in the old days, Antero Diaz loved to be called 'Papa'... but his wife Cruz did NOT like to be called 'Mama' by strangers, only by her children... The problem was, where there is a Papa then there's got to be a Mama! (Cruz eventully succumbed to the constant refrence and accepted she was famous as Mama Diaz).

So, where there is a Baja Sur, then there must be a Baja Norte to balance things out! Yes, officially the north half has no 'Norte' in the name. Kind of like Virgina and West Virginia!:yes::lol:




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[*] posted on 6-5-2008 at 01:45 PM


Just saying "La Baja" makes Baja sound like a romantic place you want to be.

I would never say "The Baja."




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[*] posted on 6-5-2008 at 02:26 PM


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Originally posted by ELINVESTI8
Just saying "La Baja" makes Baja sound like a romantic place you want to be.

I would never say "The Baja."


I also kind of like "La Baja" but I don't really care for "The Baja"

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[*] posted on 6-6-2008 at 02:59 PM


I believe that "The Baja" dates back to the late 1500's at which time the Spaniards thought that the penninsula of Baja California was actually an island, and referred to it in awe as "El Baja"---------so you see, it actually is a historical term.

Being a sort of historical guy (like Neal Johns), I like that name.

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[*] posted on 6-6-2008 at 03:11 PM


Much too late for this thread to die a dignified death but. a merciful one is in order.
Please, HoseA, would you take it out behind the barn and shoot it? It's time. Everybody say bye bye.
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