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Re: boustrophedon (was: Atlantis II)

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Thursday, June 28, 2001, 12:22
From: "Nik Taylor" <fortytwo@...>
> Dan Jones wrote: > > The thing that really used to confuse me was latitude and longitude, I
could
> > never tell which one went horizontal and which vertical until I had the > > mnemonic that Latin is written on a horizontal line, therefore latitude
is
> > horizontal. This was before I knew the meaning of the word "lateral", of > > course ;o). > > Interesting. I used "longitude is long" to remember that pair.
My mnemonic in elementary school was _*lat*itude's re*lat*ed to the equator._ Kind of odd, now I think of it. *Muke!