On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:49:05 -0600, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 10 Aug 2008 15:33:56 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Leahy) wrote: > >>I remember when I first taught my son how to use a wrench. I had to >>explain to him the difference between "clockwise" and >>"counter-clockwise". It was not obvious to him because of digital >>clocks. > >At one time the words "widdershins" and "soleil" were used - BC >(before clocks). > Back when I was in college studying physics, we referred to things with twist or spin as having right- or left-handed spin. As one might expect, the initial for right-handed was r, but the initial for left-handed was s, for sinister. (Look up the origins of that word.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
