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

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
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