Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions
From: | Andrew D Chaney <adchaney@...> |
Date: | Saturday, March 24, 2001, 0:11 |
On Thursday, March 22, 2001, at 05:06 PM, Barry Garcia wrote:
> CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
> >I didn't know they existed in the US.
>
> Neither did I. All the cities i've been in have regular intersections.
> Some even have those horrid rats nest intersections as I call them (where
> five streets come together all at odd angles which confuse tourists). Oh
> how i love towns where the old cow trials and dirt streets were just paved
> over :).
>
>
So do I... I live in one. :^/
I don't think there two perpendicular streets in the whole city.
Andy
adchaney@louisiana.edu
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~adc7593/