The "Four Corners" States

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January 7th, 2019 at 5:34:12 PM permalink
DJTeddyBear
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While the catty corner states meet at that point, they do not share a border.

A border implies a line to cross. Since it is impossible to cross from one of the states to the opposite catty corner state without traveling into one or both of the other two states, there is no shared border.
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January 7th, 2019 at 5:57:53 PM permalink
beachbumbabs
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Quote: DJTeddyBear
While the catty corner states meet at that point, they do not share a border.

A border implies a line to cross. Since it is impossible to cross from one of the states to the opposite catty corner state without traveling into one or both of the other two states, there is no shared border.


Maybe if you're counting air rights, but for an actual step from one to its catty corner cousin, I could do it without touching the other two.
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January 7th, 2019 at 6:30:05 PM permalink
kenarman
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Quote: DJTeddyBear
While the catty corner states meet at that point, they do not share a border.

A border implies a line to cross. Since it is impossible to cross from one of the states to the opposite catty corner state without traveling into one or both of the other two states, there is no shared border.


But you could draw a line from one state to the kitty corner state without going through another state given the axiom a line has no width.
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January 7th, 2019 at 6:57:00 PM permalink
Wizard
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I think the important question is whether is kitty-corner or catty-corner, or as I think Aye put it, cater-corner.
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January 7th, 2019 at 7:03:30 PM permalink
miplet
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Quote: Wizard
I think the important question is whether is or catty-corner, or as I think Aye put it, cater-corner.
https://brians.wsu.edu/2016/05/31/caddy-corner/ .
I use kitty-corner.
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January 7th, 2019 at 7:38:41 PM permalink
Wizard
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Kitty-corner sounds cuter.

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January 7th, 2019 at 7:44:25 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Wizard
I think the important question is whether is kitty-corner or catty-corner, or as I think Aye put it, cater-corner.


caddy-corner. This expression, meaning “diagonally opposite,” was formed from a misspelling in English of the French word quatre (“four”) prefixed to “corner.” Although the word has nothing to do with cats or kittens, in various dialects all three spellings are acceptable: “catty,” “cater” or “kitty.”
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January 7th, 2019 at 8:18:59 PM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: Evenbob
caddy-corner. This expression, meaning “diagonally opposite,” was formed from a misspelling in English of the French word quatre (“four”) prefixed to “corner.” Although the word has nothing to do with cats or kittens, in various dialects all three spellings are acceptable: “catty,” “cater” or “kitty.”


Thanks Paco.
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January 7th, 2019 at 8:33:26 PM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Wizard
Thanks Paco.


I am rather like him..
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January 7th, 2019 at 8:46:54 PM permalink
Mosca
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Borders are lines. Points are not lines.

No border to cross.
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