| From: | <morphemeaddict@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 5:10 |
In a message dated 4/15/2008 22:40:04 PM Central Daylight Time, un.doing@GMAIL.COM writes:> Here, asphalt is the material used in roads, and never refers > elliptically to the road itself. >I agree with this, but it could be used metaphorically, as in "hit the asphalt" = "hit the road". I can't say I've ever actually heard this, though. stevo </HTML>