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Re: CHAT: silly names, prepositions

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Thursday, March 22, 2001, 17:19
Steg Belsky wrote:

>On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 00:15:54 -0000 Fabian <lajzar@...> writes: >> A roundabout is a junction between 3 or more roads, where teh cars >> must >> drive around a circle (normally with a grass verge in the centre), >> before >> taking the exit of their choice. All traffic goes clockwise, and >> cars >> entering *seem* to have priority over cars leaving. You can get >> quite dizzy if you miss your exit. >> -- >> Fabian >- > >Us USAians call roundabouts "traffic circles", and here in the USA they >go counter-clockwise. >
Minor trivia: I'm told that in Swahili, they're called _kiplefti_; plural, of course, is _viplefti_