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| From | Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: Ambiguous names |
| Date | 2026-03-14 07:00 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <n1kfdaF11a8U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <n1f92iF6vqnU1@mid.individual.net> <xn0pn6uuv8e6v5z005@post.eweka.nl> |
Le 12/03/2026 à 11:38, Blueshirt a écrit : > Hibou wrote: >> >> 'Barcelona fan 'gutted' at missing Newcastle game after going >> to wrong St James' Park' - >> > <https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/11/barcelona-fan-w > rong-st-james-park-misses-newcastle-game-exeter> : >> >> "Supporter ended up in Exeter, 366 miles away [...] 'My guess >> is he’d put St James Park in his phone and then just followed >> the directions from there' [said Exeter's supporter experience >> officer]." > > I dunno, the grounds have the same name but Exeter doesn't sound > anything like Newcastle... if you can use Google Maps you'd > surely see Exeter or Exeter City FC somewhere if that was where > it was directing you. That's true, but using a satnav sends parts of the brain to sleep: "'When we have technology telling us which way to go, however, these parts of the brain simply don't respond to the street network. In that sense our brain has switched off its interest in the streets around us'" - <https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2017/mar/satnavs-switch-parts-brain>
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