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

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, January 22, 2004, 4:33
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. :)