Re: OT: Spatial thinking (WAS: Re: Letf / Right, was Re: Count and mass nouns)
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 22, 2004, 12:14 |
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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.
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