Celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to him as a teenager

Re:Celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to h... by mc32 on Saturday October 03, 2026 @06:28PM (#49948395)

These days City + Person means someone living in such city. They don’t say “from + place” because that implies origin which they try to avoid these days.

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Re:Celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to h... by dotancohen on Sunday October 04, 2026 @12:44AM (#49950707)

I interpret Webster Man to imply origin even more strongly than "from Webster". The noun phrasing implies long term stability, objects don't change from one noun to another noun when they change locations.

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Re:Celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to h... by OJFord on Sunday October 04, 2026 @06:05AM (#49952393)

Pretty stupid to assume familiarity with random suburbs though, unless writing in a local newspaper.

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