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Re: CHAT: Directions (was: Re: CHAT: living conditions/conditionally)

From:Dennis Paul Himes <dennis@...>
Date:Monday, August 21, 2000, 3:12
daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...> wrote:
> > And sometimes they also use words like 'sun' for 'south', (rather than > 'east' or 'west' which would be more expected) because the sun disappears > behind some mountains or trees when it's in the south.
I would expect "sun" to mean "south", because in the Northern Hemisphere the sun is highest in the sky when it's due south. =========================================================================== Dennis Paul Himes <> dennis@himes.connix.com homepage: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm Gladilatian page: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/glad/lang.htm Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance as the air." - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse 96-99