Walt, pulling John into line, wrote: > > > I know that, among other things, 'antipodes' is Britspeak for 'Australia > > and New Zealand', and thus legitimately plural; but I prefer the > > definition that makes antipodes come only in opposed pairs (of points on > > the surface of the earth connected by a straight line through its center). > > From the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition the usage of antipodes > to mean Australia and New Zealand has an implied reference to the > western hemisphere. Thus there is a pair, but one of them implicit > rather than explicit.
Thanks Walt. Alas, another opportunity to joust with John evaporates ... :o) Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
