The Schukyll River is:
a. very hard to spell
b. a river which flows from
Schukyll county (north of
Harrisburgh) to the
Delaware River in
Philadelphia, cutting the city in two; west of the Schukyll is
West Philadelphia and
University City; east is
Center City and
South Philly.
"Schukyll--what a weird word. Is that Indian?" Kate asked.
"I think it's Dutch," I replied.
"Yeah--Dutch for polluted-fuckin'-river."