Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote in message
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David Nebenzahl wrote:
Then of course there's Johnny Carson's old favorite, the "Slauson
Cutoff" ...

My favorite Israeli highway story is about route 1, the road from
Jerusalem
to Tel Aviv. Although Tel Aviv is a little over 100 years old, the
original
city of Jaffa (aka Yaffo) has been there since biblical times, and this is
at least in spirit, that road.

Meanwhile Israeli's are big fans of acronyms. The Hebrew abreviation of
airport is N T and the main one here is named Ben Gurion. So the name of
the airport on road signs is written in Hebrew NTBG, which is pronnounced
"not bog".

About fifteen years ago in a refurbishment of route 1, someone decided
that there should be English signs on the road for tourists who could not
read Hebrew. So a set of signs went up for the airport "NATBAG 1km". :-)

Yes, they were later changed to "Ben Gurion Airport 1km".

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it.

I wonder what visitors to the UK make of official roadsigns, imagining a
country infested with triffids , that say
Large Plant Crossing