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Thank you. I have heard that, but I would never have remembered L ----- Original Message ----- From: "Poetryetc: poetry and poetics" To: Cc: Sent:Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:11:59 -0600 Subject:Re: Australian advice please In Western Australia, though probably true elsewhere as well, they are called road houses. Marthe On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote: > > > In Britain we have what are called transport cafes on the M and A > roads. > > The definition is largely in the eye of the beholder although there > have been efforts to impose trade only. > > We have other terms e.g. you'll hear _truck stop_ because somebody > thinks it sounds exotic. > > What would they be called in Australia? > > Maybe there are some places where there is too little traffic for > such distinctions (?) but I assume that there's quite a lot of traffic > in the east > > Well, anyway, advise me anyone who can > > L > > > -- Marthe Reed Director of Creative Writing Assistant Professor English Department UL Lafayette 337-482-5503 [log in to unmask] http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mxr5675/home.html http://www.blackradishbooks.org/Reed.html _____________________________________ * Poetry is made in a bed like love* *Its rumpled sheets are the dawn of things* *Poetry is made in the woods* --Andre Breton, "On the road to San Romano"