Sunday, January 01, 2006

Where?

From an AP article on washingtonpost.com about the rising popularity of hookah bars:

But this is Roosevelt Way in Seattle, cater-corner from University Mazda and down the street from Mamma Melina's restaurant.

cater-corner
also cater-cornered or catty-cornered or catty-corner or kitty-cornered or kitty-corner
adjective
Diagonal.
adverb
In a diagonal position.
[From obsolete cater, four at dice, from Middle English, from Old French catre, four, from Latin quattuor.]
"cater-corner." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Answers.com 01 . 2006. http://www.answers.com/topic/cater-corner

I'd never heard it called that. We're strict catty-corner people.