UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前How come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down136
arrow-up1-28arrow-down1message-squareHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 年前message-square39fedilink
minus-squareZeusbottom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Because you then have anti-earthwise, which just sounds like a climate disaster, or humanity itself.
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前Or, we could still use clockwise. Which is what I was thinking.
Because you then have anti-earthwise, which just sounds like a climate disaster, or humanity itself.
Or, we could still use clockwise. Which is what I was thinking.