Re: 1960s motorways


U¿ytkownik "John Briggs" <john.briggs4@xxxxxxxxxxxx> napisa³ w wiadomo¶ci
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> Pawe³ Piotr Stawski wrote:
>> U¿ytkownik "John Briggs" <john.briggs4@xxxxxxxxxxxx> napisa³ w
>> wiadomo¶ci news:Xtbtf.27167$zt1.20137@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Pawel Piotr Stawski wrote:
>>>> Uzytkownik "Paul Burke" <paul@xxxxxxxxxx> napisal w wiadomosci
>>>> news:41kamoF1e3s5kU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> John Briggs wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The first motorway was the Preston by-pass section of the M6,
>>>>>> which was opened before the M1. The rest of the M6 was built
>>>>>> later. The M1 was probably so called because it was intended to
>>>>>> replace the A1, although it paralled the A5 and the A6 for the
>>>>>> first part. The M5 has, of course, no connection to the A5.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suspect the M1 was so called because it was a replacement for the
>>>>> A1, and you couldn't have an M1 that didn't start in London. Apart
>>>>> from the M5 (which it's possible was originally conceived a
>>>>> replacement A5, London to Holyhead, but later re- routed), most of
>>>>> the other early motorways take the name from the parallel A road.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You know, I am looking for some nicknames. For instance, M6 from
>>>> London past Birmingham up north to Glasgow, Scotland was called the
>>>> Backbone of Britain. Are you familiar with this name? My question
>>>> is, if common, ordinary people know this name or is it only used in
>>>> some more newspapers?
>>>
>>> The M6 doesn't start from London
>>
>> http://www.cbrd.co.uk/motorway/m6/ to be exact if your really feel
>> like being precise.
>>
>>> - it branches off the M1 east of Coventry.
>>> It doesn't reach the Scottish border. The continuation to Glasgow
>>> is the A74/M74.
>>
>> Was it really so important to corect me on those small details? I know
>> exactly where this mororway goes.
>> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/M6%20motorway
>
> Why? Because this is a newsgroup for pedants to quibble about English
> language usage in the UK. If you knew exactly where the motorway went you
> wouldn't have made the mistake.
>
>> I have read on the topic a lot recently. So stop bugging me, please.
>> http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/
>>
>> http://www.cbrd.co.uk/
>
> On the contrary, you are bugging us.
>
>>> I have never heard the supposed nickname - and I don't suppose
>>> anyone else has either. We've already told you
>>> - motorways don't have nicknames.
>>
>> http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/M6%20motorway
>> especially:
>> line 5 from top. there you go. backbone. You haven't heard. OK. If you
>> haven't seen "bigos" it does not mean it does not exist.
>
> And they took it from the Wikipedia. God knows where they got it from.
> You asked the question - I gave the answer. You have been warned

I quitted. You do not discuss anything here. And you just cannot help
warning and threatening me. I do not care what you add to this tread.
Regards,
Pawel

about your
> attitude before.
> --
> John Briggs
>


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