On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:07:55 -0600, Andy > wrote:

>
>A Pennsylvania abnormality of terms is if you are going to the ocean it's
>called going "down the shore." I've been corrected for saying we're going
>to the beach. Stranger still is, once you get "down the shore" it becomes
>"who wants to go to the beach?" I don't know how long that's been goin'
>on but, it's downright backwards, imho!
>
>Ya know?
>
>Andy

If you've ever driven on I-80 in western PA,
you'll find an exit marked; "Jersey Shore".

We often wondered how a town
some 300 miles from the Atlantic
got that name.