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Re: CHAT: geographical nomenclature [was Re: Language of Tetril]

From:Dan Sulani <dnsulani@...>
Date:Sunday, December 16, 2001, 7:04
On 15 Dec, Thomas R. Wier wrote:

 >I remember one discussion on <sci.lang> where an American
>recounted telling a German friend he was originally from >St. Louis. The German allegedly said "Oh, Illinois - >I've always wanted to go there!"
I hate to break it to you guys, but there really _is_ a St. Louis in Illinois! It's right across the river from that _other_ St. Louis in Missouri. All right, so it's technically called _East_ St. Louis, but it's a nice town and it is in Illinois! (On the map it looks like the one city of St. Louis sprawls over two states). I stayed there once when I was passing through. I had been following the Mississippi River up on the Missouri side. When I took a look at the multi-level bowl of spaghetti (or macaroni or pasta or --- oops, sorry; wrong thread! ;-) ) that they call the superhighway at the southern entrance to St. Louis, my courage withered and I decided to try my (tired) luck on the other side of the river, where the road layout was a bit simpler. I thus found myself in (East) St. Louis, Illinois. I have nice memories of the place! Dan Sulani ------------------------------ likehsna rtem zuv tikuhnuh auag inuvuz vaka'a. A word is an awesome thing.

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