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July 05, 2006
Vishy's Indian English Dictionary: flyover
flyover. /FLAI·ovuh/. Not the opposite of this other word. Not an epithet for the states of the United States that lack a coastline either. A flyover is what passes as an overpass (whoops) in U.S. English. Flyovers have been mushrooming in Mumbai and other major cities of India as a solution to traffic congestion that occasionally approaches legendary levels. In their wake they've been creating several opportunities for real estate development, both inside and outside apartments. I'd much rather live under a flyover than an overpass—it sounds liberating, airy and open unlike its infelicitous U.S. counterpart, a happy Jewish festival in reverse. Having said that, I am equally glad about the existence of overpass—imagine what New York's lovely DUMBF would be called otherwise!
Posted by Vishy at July 5, 2006 09:15 PM