feuervogel: photo of the statue of Victory and her chariot on the Brandenburg Gate (Default)
feuervogel ([personal profile] feuervogel) wrote 2009-11-04 05:53 pm (UTC)

Hmm, true. I did a quick google on "based in" and other than based in [city], the most common result was based in reality, which sort of counts as a place in that context. Maybe I should send it to Language Log as a potential breakfast experiment...
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