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Mav-- over in the Silver Pig thread replies and states:
My trusty old Chambers ...
which is perfectly understandable -- My Chambers is my favorite dictionary too, and i too, am liable to say, My Chambers.. and as i recall, Holmes, too, made a reference to checking out a word in My Chambers...(or was it Inspector Morse-of the Oxford Police (UK/PBS mystery series?)
Most times, when citing the OED-- it is just the -- the OED-- and Mav points out the AHD and other have quoted the M-W 10th... but Chambers is never the Chambers, it is always My Chambers!
The Bronx is an other odd man out-- all the other boroughs/counties of NY are just Queens, Kings, Manhattan, Richmond...) including upstate counties, Sullivan, Westchester, Orange, etc..
any other proper names of place or things that always take a special article?
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Great question, Helen!
Le Havre and The Hague are the only ones that pop to mind, but I would imagine there are more.
Des Plaines (Illinois) seems somewhat akin.
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Most universities go by University of whatever or whatever State University, but Ohio State insists on being The Ohio State University.
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The Dalles, OR. And, to get back into the possessive, there's City of Industry, CA.
If Des Plaines (pronounced dess-plainz) counts, so does Des Moines, IA (pronounced d' moyn). Not to mention El Paso, TX and a plethora of other Hispanic named cities in La, Las, El and Los.
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[slapping self in head -e] Faldage, how could I have forgotten the plethora? 
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Faldage, how could I have forgotten the plethora?
Oh? I am sorry to hear that. Where did you see it last? You should attach one of those little electronic whistle thingies to it so you can get it to respond when you press the button on the control unit. You'll probably find it before long. They do tend to go off really quickly if they're not kept cool, and they seem to create an awful stench.
I probably have a spare plethora lying around somewhere if you really need one soon. I could dig it out and email it to you.
HTH
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attach one of those little electronic whistle thingies to it
Or name it Mjöllnir so it'll come when you call it.
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It always amuses me that the Disney-owned hockey team in California insists on calling itself "The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim" instead of "the Anaheim Mighty Ducks" in the format of every other sports team in America. The following is from their homepage (and note that calling the place they play their home games "Arrowhead Arena" would be far too prosaic for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim):
The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim will take on the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night, January 23rd at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.
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You should attach one of those little electronic whistle thingies to it so you can get it to respond when you press the button on the control unit. You'll probably find it before long. They do tend to go off really quickly if they're not kept cool, and they seem to create an awful stench.CK, are you speaking of my roving, rambunctious puppiedog?  ROTFLMAO. Your description fits her so perfectly that I may rename her Plethora. Thank you!!!
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any other proper names of place or things that always take a special article?
There are bands galore. The Beatles. The Bee Gees. The Offspring. The Doors.
Locally, our hospitals always confuse me (which is a scary thought if I plan to be working in them). We have the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH) and Flinders' Medical Centre (FMC).
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