[Dixielandjazz] Meet me in St Louis, Lewis (was .Why guitar, not banjo?/T...

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Because I don't know who else to blame, I will blame U.S. media for the  term 
"flyover".  The idea is part of an inferiority complex we sometimes  insist 
on having in the middle states.  There's another term,  "Heartland" for when 
we're feeling central rather than inferior.  But back  to "flyover"--the idea is 
that those who live on either coast get back and forth  for business and 
pleasure by air travel and thus tend to have more of a sense of  culture and 
events on both coasts than they do an awareness of what goes on  in the bulk of the 
non-shoreline country which they are flying over.   So the term actually 
includes all non-coastal states, not just St. Louis.   Two other colloquial terms 
are Right Coast (East) and Left Coast (West).   And if the battles begin, I 
will do what I can to resist further rejoinders, but  no promises.  LOL
Ginny 
 
In a message dated 12/26/2006 6:37:40 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
bhaesler at bigpond.net.au writes:

Dear  Larry (and Ginny),
That's the second time today that the above term has  cropped up, and not for
the first time either.
Ginny used it earlier  this morning (Oz time).
I assume that it is because St Louis, Missouri is  situated on an airline
corridor between the left bit and the right bit of  the Hugh Hess of Hay.
But I have learnt never to assume things on the  DJML.
Half kidding.    8>)
For all us aliens out here,  please explain.
Kind regards,
Bill.