In our family, it's a case of "which country are we in?" I'm English, although I've lived here in Australia for many, many years. I have no trouble navigating when we go home, but my Australian husband cannot cope at all. He navigates by "north", "South" etc., and in the northern hemisphere, the position of the sun throws him, and he can't work out where north (or whatever) is. I've heard the same story from other Australians overseas too.
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) --- "Tamara P. Duvall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday, Nov 10, 2003, at 19:01 US/Eastern, Annette Gill wrote: > > > <<I did eventually learn that if north was up on a map, west and east > > spelled "WE" . . .>> > > > > I learned that too, but I still have to stop and think about it. If I > > run > > down to the Tube in a hurry, and am faced with a westbound and an > > eastbound > > platform and a train on one of them, and have to make a quick decision > > about > > which direction I'm going in, I always have to think - it's never > > instinctive like north/south is. I mostly recognise that Hammersmith > > and > > Heathrow on the list of destinations means west, and the places I've > > never > > been to are east. But I don't have any problems with left and right. > > > > Does anyone have problems with north/south? > http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
