Re: left and right

Thinking back to the use of absolute rather than relative directions --
might this occur more commonly in agrarian societies, or just societies that
spend more time outdoors in general.  The main natural clue for the cardinal
directions is the position of the sun (and the positions of shadows), so I
expect people have an easier time intuitively guessing those distances if
they spend most of their time outside where they can see shadows.  And such.

This actually gets me thinking about one of my conlangs.  The Tzállö are
blind and live underground -- so barring some sort of magnetic sense (which
I don't think I'll give them), they can't so easily find the cardinal
directions.  I suspect they'd use a combination of relative directions
(left, right, straight, back) and depth (towards or away from the
surface/opening of the tunnel).  I'd never thought of that before.  I'd
figure that the Xala would have some need for three-dimensional coordinates
(since they can fly).  Maybe my Kesatans could use a special system for
water navigation (being amphibious at all).

Sorry to make a rambling post.  It just made me think.