Re: Clockwise without clocks

On Wednesday 30 March 2005 12:31 pm, Elyse M. Grasso wrote:
> sunwise and deosil
> There's a reason north hemispere clocks run the direction they do...
> On Wednesday 30 March 2005 12:17 pm, Geoff Horswood wrote:
> > So how would you express the ideas of "clockwise" and "anticlockwise" in a
> > culture that doesn't have clocks?
> >
> > -movement of the sun? shadows?
> > -to the left/right? (but is that the part closest to you or furthest away?
> >
> > Geoff
> >
>
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> Elyse Grasso
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Ack.... note to self, do not try to type while eating lunch.

That should be sunwise (deosil) and widdershins.
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