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!