I assume these are all places in the Twin Cities? Because if so, I have a dorky linguistics-major question for all you Minnesotans... Craig Finn sings "Take Penn. Avenue out to the 494," and yet I've never heard anyone except Californians refer to highways as "THE 494," "THE 5," etc., rather than just "494" or maybe "interstate 494" or "route 494" or whatever. Do Minnesotans stick the THE in there too, or did Craig just pick this up from somewhere else?
I assume these are all places in the Twin Cities? Because if so, I have a dorky linguistics-major question for all you Minnesotans... Craig Finn sings "Take Penn. Avenue out to the 494," and yet I've never heard anyone except Californians refer to highways as "THE 494," "THE 5," etc., rather than just "494" or maybe "interstate 494" or "route 494" or whatever. Do Minnesotans stick the THE in there too, or did Craig just pick this up from somewhere else?