Dennis Paul Himes wrote:
> > Cardinal direction
> > Conceptual source West East North South Total
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > Wind 17 4 21
> This is surprising. Aren't the prevailing winds in most parts
> of the world either easterly or westerly? (They're westerly
> (i.e. from the west) where I live.)
Yes, this is the biggest problem with this table. For all that
I know, the languages that have 'wind' as the word for 'north'
may all be closely related Australian languages spoken in the
same area where the wind comes from the north.
I have no idea if there are any trends to where the wind comes
from where I live. IME it comes from pretty much every direction. :)
Daniel