Re: OT: Spatial thinking (WAS: Re: Letf / Right, was Re: Count and mass nouns)
From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
Date: | Thursday, January 22, 2004, 10:53 |
Quoting Roger Mills <romilly@...>:
> I think I have the same ability, due in large part to many childhood
> sickdays, and my favorite reading was the world atlas (vintage 1940s).
> Unfortunately, my mental image is not up to date re Africa or Central Asia,
> and I'd be hard pressed to say what is Czech Republic, what is Slovakia (is
> that the name?).
It is.
Do join, btw, the movement for using 'Czechia' till it becomes normal usage.
Besides me, it includes most Czechs I've had reason to speak with in English.
Andreas