"RTP" or "The RTP" — discuss! (Cary: chapel, home)

[TheBigKahunaNC]

Originally Posted by Myghost

Reminds me of listening to old BBC recordings of "The Pink Floyd"

It's RTP. There is no need for an added "the" east of the Mississippi. Once you go west, they put it on everything. The I-5, The I-10, etc...

Some friends and I, have been jokingly referring to local roads as "the 540" lately. I'd never call them that otherwise. Sounds ridiculous.

[ucctgg]

It's probably those people from "The Ohio State University".

[Myghost]

Originally Posted by TheBigKahunaNC

Some friends and I, have been jokingly referring to local roads as "the 540" lately. I'd never call them that otherwise. Sounds ridiculous.

I'm going out to dinner tonight. Think I might drive into town on 'the Glennwood', or should I take 'the Wade' into town?

[pierretong1991]

Originally Posted by ucctgg

It's probably those people from "The Ohio State University".

hahahahahahaha

[GarnetAndBlack]

Depending what station you heard the traffic report on, the person may be sitting in a studio hundreds of miles away looking at traffic maps and cameras and has no clue what is the local venacular.

Mix 101.5 has a local person and so does 680 WPTF. The other Curtis Media Group stations probably use the WPTF reporter.

The traffic reporter heard on the iHeart stations (93.9, 105.1, 106.1, 100.7, 95.3) is not local.

[hertfordshire]

Originally Posted by hey_guy

We do not use articles before the names of countries, people, continents, cities, rivers and lakes.

But since Research Triangle Park (or "the Research Triangle Park") is none of those things ...

[NYC2RDU]

Wasn't there a similar debate a few years ago regarding "Falls of Neuse" vs. "Falls of the Neuse"?

Referencing RTP as "the park" makes sense in a certain context, "the RTP" doesn't.

[hey_guy]

Originally Posted by hertfordshire

But since Research Triangle Park (or "the Research Triangle Park") is none of those things ...

help whats a proper noun

[twingles]

Originally Posted by ucctgg

It's probably those people from "The Ohio State University".

I believe you mean THE Ohio State University.

[poppydog]

Well, actually I heard it on WCHL. Can't get much more local than that. I think I also heard it on That Station 97.5. I could give them a pass since they're new, but the WCHL folks are born and bred Tar Heels.