Re: USAGE: [T] -> [f](formerlyChineseDialectQuestion)
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 6, 2003, 9:42 |
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On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Nik Taylor wrote:
> >
> > Joe wrote:
> > > Heh. The pond is the atlantic. Thus, rightpondian is 'on the east of the
> > > atlantic', that is, English English, and leftpondian is American English.
> >
> > Unless you're looking at a map with south on top, England's on the left,
> > and the US is on the right.
And how often does this happen? The image of a globe I have on my
(computer) desktop has the correct top, but the only time I've seen it
elsewhere is a map of Melbourne and surrounds earlier this year showing
where bushfires had broken out/areas which were at risk...
> Okay, little brainfart on my side. I don't normally get left and right
> confused (east and west on occasion, but not left and right)
I'm the opposite. Left and right keep confusing me, the way they keep
changeing...
--
Tristan <kesuari@...>
Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
-- Snoopy