Comments on: Good thing the station isn’t on Gough St. http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/08/01/good-thing-the-station-isnt-on-gough-st/ Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark Pritchard http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/08/01/good-thing-the-station-isnt-on-gough-st/comment-page-1/#comment-7889 Mark Pritchard Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:08:46 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/08/01/good-thing-the-station-isnt-on-gough-st/#comment-7889 Come to think of it, we do just that in Chinatown and Japantown, where street signs have an added small placard spelling out the street name phonetically. Come to think of it, we do just that in Chinatown and Japantown, where street signs have an added small placard spelling out the street name phonetically.

]]> By: cd http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/08/01/good-thing-the-station-isnt-on-gough-st/comment-page-1/#comment-7888 cd Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:50:27 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/08/01/good-thing-the-station-isnt-on-gough-st/#comment-7888 Think of the grateful tourists if we resigned some streets with translations-for-the-out-of-towners below the real name. Think of the grateful tourists if we resigned some streets with translations-for-the-out-of-towners below the real name.

]]> By: Mark Pritchard http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/08/01/good-thing-the-station-isnt-on-gough-st/comment-page-1/#comment-7884 Mark Pritchard Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:44:17 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/08/01/good-thing-the-station-isnt-on-gough-st/#comment-7884 My lord, it never occurred to me that it might be in common use, even as an abbreviation. Meet you over on Gof Street. My lord, it never occurred to me that it might be in common use, even as an abbreviation. Meet you over on Gof Street.

]]> By: cd http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/08/01/good-thing-the-station-isnt-on-gough-st/comment-page-1/#comment-7881 cd Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:16:28 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/08/01/good-thing-the-station-isnt-on-gough-st/#comment-7881 It must happen so often NOAA has it in their glossary: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=TROF I can't figure out if it's common like "nite" or just a screw up. I hate "nite" though, so I'm with you on spelling things correctly. It must happen so often NOAA has it in their glossary: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/glossary.php?word=TROF

I can’t figure out if it’s common like "nite" or just a screw up.

I hate "nite" though, so I’m with you on spelling things correctly.

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