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I think it'll just be context-specific. If you're in the area and say "I'm going to the DMV," people will probably assume you're going to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Whereas if you say "I'm from the DMV," people who know of the other meaning of the acronym will correctly assume you are from the DC/MD/VA metropolitan area (unless you do in fact live in the Dept. of Motor Vehicles).
e: Then again the other day I used the term "DMV" around an Eastern Shore Marylander and she thought I meant DelMarVa.
Exactly my point. There is already a well-adjusted acronym and a different meaning will not push it out. Now if those hip-hop heads came up with something that didn't copy, then I'd consider using it.
Exactly my point. There is already a well-adjusted acronym and a different meaning will not push it out. Now if those hip-hop heads came up with something that didn't copy, then I'd consider using it.
Yeah,DMV for DC/Maryland/Virginia is a stupid acronym and not original at all.
Does anyone else have a thing for those long, long, multi-lane roads that cut through deep suburbia? I'm thinking US-301, MD-214, US-50 off of I-66, etc. They aren't particularly exciting drives and they suck when there's heavy traffic, but there's something calming about driving on them when it's not crowded. Especially when the light outside is just right, or if it's raining.
Does anyone else have a thing for those long, long, multi-lane roads that cut through deep suburbia? I'm thinking US-301, MD-214, US-50 off of I-66, etc. They aren't particularly exciting drives and they suck when there's heavy traffic, but there's something calming about driving on them when it's not crowded. Especially when the light outside is just right, or if it's raining.
Or am I just weird?
Nope, I enjoy driving literally everywhere in the DC area, except for run-down ghettos. But who cares about driving there?
Bajan I agree, that's one of my favorite parts about driving to the Delaware beaches. That and MD-404. Again, a boring straight highway but the scenery is pretty lovely, and it's the only road I've been on that requires you to have your headlights on at all times (no idea why).
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