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

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.

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