Re: Charging remote participants

[Janet P Gunn <jgunn6@xxxxxxx>]

> From: "Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> 
> I had to google it as well.  The word "roundabout"
(in the
> sense of "traffic circle") led me to mistakenly think it
> had something to do with navigating British streets, but
> this seems to be where the idiom comes from:
> http://www.oldpoetry.com/Patrick_R_Chalmers/Roundabouts_and_Swings
> 
> Randy

I am pretty sure that the usage of "roundabout"
to refer to a traffic circle is derived from its usage as a carnival ride,
which in the US would be called a  "merry-go-round".

Janet