常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

Legend has it that~ #2

NYTからです。ここのLegend has it that~はどういうような用法なのでしょうか。Greenさん,お願いします。Rumor has it… うん?(Five)

New York Today: A Bridge’s Birthday

Good morning on this frosty Friday.

A myth has surrounded the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge — which celebrates its 50th birthday today — since it first linked Brooklyn and Staten Island.

Legend has it that bridge crossings were to be free once the span was paid for.

No evidence can be located that such a promise was ever made, our colleague Vivian Yee writes this morning.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/21/new-york-today-a-bridges-birthday/?emc=edit_ur_20141121&nl=nyregion&nlid=61645515&_r=0