Re: Clockwise without clocks

Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> wrote:
> --- Muke Tever <hotblack@...> wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> Going back to the wheel, saying that clockwise is
>> turning left implies that
>> your speakers are focusing on the top end (9-3) of
>> the wheel. This might not
>> always be the case (maybe if they read
>> bottom-to-top, they might watch the
>> bottom of the wheel first?)
>
> Think not of the wheel but of the wagon.  Clockwise is
> the wheel motion of a wagon which is moving to your
> right, so saying right-wheel, rather than clock-wise,
> makes perfect sense.
Ah.  I don't know about "perfect" sense, but I see what you
mean here.   The ordinary way to say that would be
right-_rolling_, no?   Figured that an unusual choice
of word there referred to a different kind of action.


	*Muke!
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