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

[Charles Suhor]

Thanks for clarifying. I suspected that the "flyover" people were the 
Brits who had to span oceans to reach us--also a bit patronizing. I 
don't remember the term being used when I lived from 1977-1977 in 
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. We were "centrally isolated"--two or three 
hours from Chicago, St. Louis, and Indianapolis. It was a culture shock 
after News Orleans, but I went often and eagerly to Chicago. And hey, 
C-U was a very good place to raise kids and a fine university culture. 
The gown brought to the town some great entertainment and (to me) a 
sympathetic political environment.

Charlie Suhor


On Dec 26, 2006, at 8:31 PM, Gluetje1 at aol.com wrote:

>
> 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.
>
>
>
>
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