He says "overpass", I say ...

[Wilson Gray]

Oops! I regret the misattribution, Victor.

-Wilson

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>  Just to clarify--it was Joel's header.
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>     VS-)
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> On 7/12/2010 1:02 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>> Just joking, Victor. When I saw your subject line, the term used in
>> Saint Louis way back when, "viaduct," just popped into my head. After
>> many years of living among the freeways of California, I, too, have
>> come to acknowledge the primacy of "overpass." At the relevant time in
>> Saint Louis, there was no need for a word for what's now known as an
>> "underpass."
>>
>> -Wilson
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