UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy · 1 year agoHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down136
arrow-up1-26arrow-down1message-squareHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy · 1 year agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down7·1 year agoThank you. That’s what this whole post is based on. Why does Big Ben get to decide which arbitrary way I say left turning?
minus-squareScott@lem.free.aslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoClocks simply followed the direction of movement from the sundial (as seen in the Northern hemisphere). Nothing to do with “Big Ben” [sic].
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·1 year agoRemoved by mod
minus-squarefederalreverse-old@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year ago Misjudged your intelligence Some civility would be nice.
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoRemoved by mod
Thank you. That’s what this whole post is based on.
Why does Big Ben get to decide which arbitrary way I say left turning?
Clocks simply followed the direction of movement from the sundial (as seen in the Northern hemisphere).
Nothing to do with “Big Ben” [sic].
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Some civility would be nice.
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