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

On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:46:32PM -0600, Nik Taylor wrote:
> "Mark J. Reed" wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:02:31PM -0600, Nik Taylor wrote:
> > > I don't understand, tho, how being "amazing at reading maps" and having
> > > trouble even labeling a map of the US can co-occur.
> >
> > What's to understand?  Map reading has nothing to do with rote
> > memorization, which is what's involved in labelling a map of the US.
>
> But, how can you understand a map if you don't know what the places
> are?
That would be why most maps have labels - so you don't have to label them
yourselves from memory. :)