Re: CHAT: Visigoths (was: YADPT (D=Dutch))

Staving Ray Brown:

>I've come across both usages in the UK - but 'anticlockwise'
>is IME the more common.  'counterclockwise' has a more
>"folksy" feel to it (therefore, I prefer it).
>
Anticlockwise is what I normally use, although I'm quite used to hearing
counterclockwise in physics contexts for some reason. Mind you, in physics
I'd be just as likely to use the term "positive sense of rotation". This is
because if you use the polar coordinates x=r.cos(theta), y=r.sin(theta),
counterclockwise rotation corresponds to increasing theta. For a really
folksy usage, try deosil and widdershins.

Pete

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