Re: OT: Spatial thinking (WAS: Re: Letf / Right, was Re: Count and mass nouns)

Staving John Cowan:
>Roger Mills scripsit:
>
> > Grids are BOring; mazes like Boston - London - Paris are beautiful.
>
>All very well, but when moving about on foot, there is an immense
>advantage to knowing that if one is on 22nd St., 23rd St. may be
>reached by walking in the canonical positive direction (north in
>New York, west in Philadelphia).  Boston's system provides
>easy navigation -- if you are a cow.
I tended to get lost a lot more often in Kyoto than I did in Tokyo.

Pete

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