On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:25:25 -0700, Mark Thorson
> wrote:

>> Urban legend??!! Oh my God, do you mean McFerrin walks around
>> with random strangers thinking he killed himself already?
>
>It's a famous story, hence it's an urban legend.

Howdy,

So "urban" means "famous?"

But seriously, if it is a "famous story" why is it not
simply a "legend."

What's "urban" about it?

(It is odd how the phrase "urban legend" passed into the
language. I know that there was a book by that title "Urban
Legends" years ago, but many of the legends in the book were
not "urban" at all. I thought at the time that the title
might better have been "Modern Legends.")

All the best,
--
Kenneth

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