[Talk-GB] Made-up motorway junction names

[Mark Goodge]

On 03/01/2023 18:26, SK53 wrote:
> I wouldn't exclude the possibility that most of these are instances of 
> nerdview <https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=276>.
> 
> I don't know how many of these are Reach publications, but in many cases 
> the journalists won't be local and
> will have little other choice but to lightly regurgitate a press release 
> (tech journalists on many weeklies did this
> back in the 1980s, even if they phoned for a quote). The chances of the 
> PR using insiders argot is rather high.

The examples given aren't press releases, though. They're mostly reports 
of things like accidents and traffic incidents. These will be genuine 
reportage, even if the writer is relying on external sources.

Mark