Re: Inventing names

B.P.Jonsson wrote:

> Citerar Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>:
>
> > Quoting Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>:
>
> > > Well that's logical... One of the oceans on Cindu is called _roçe
> > > aros_
> > > 'eastern ocean', I suppose because it was the first ocean to be
> > > crossed,
> > > thanks to prevailing winds-- The Kash sailed east to go west, unlike
> > > poor
> > > misguided Columbus.
> >
> > In Colombus' defense, he had precious little ocean to cross to the east!
>
> Also in his defense most sea streams and wind belts on Earth go
> east-to-west.  Cindu obviously rotates in the opposite direction
> to Earth, for whatever reason! ;)
>
It doesn't, it doesn't!! Aren't there areas in the tropics with
countervailing winds?  Monsoon patterns?? Anyhow, the first Kash
circumnavigators sailed from their east coast.

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