Michael Granat: > ... or even "anticlockwise" maybe? What's wrong with "widdershins"? (Opposite of "sunwise", though both of course from the northern hemisphere perspective.) Which reminds me: had sundials been invented in the southern hemisphere, "clockwise" would have the opposite meaning. Worth remembering as a foil to absolutist ideas about language. Michael Lewis -------------------------------------- Brandle Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia www.brandle.com.au -------------------------------------- ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************