On Fri, 29 Sep 1995, Mike Lambdin wrote:
> near side, far side, right side, left side, off side, on side, up side,
>
> down side, top side, bottom side, front side, back side...............
>
> I'm so confused I'm not sure whether I live on the east or west side of
>
> the Atlantic.
>
There probably is some confusion, also, as to whether near side and off
side can be applied to the two coasts of the US.
The east coast is known as the "near" coast, because it is nearer England.
The coast upon which California is located is known as the "off" coast,
because, well, because that is where California is located.
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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