Round Squares

From: Michael & Susan O'Brien <mrmob_at_emirates.net.ae>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 08:14:08 +0400

At 04:00 AM 5/22/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>I automatically wanted to use the familiar 'piazza' for public squares
>(especially as some of them are far from rectilinear)

Doesn't seem to have bothered the Arabs: up in the Emirate of Sharjah, all the roundabouts (those circular junctions where different roads intersect, beloved by the English but apparently uncommon and a source of bewilderment to North American drivers) are confusing called "Squares".

Michael, Susan, Harry & Leo O'Brien
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