colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?message-squaremessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDoomProphet@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWe just say “North-East” for gregal or “North, North-East” if it’s half between North and gregal. Other would be North-West, South-West, and South-East.
minus-squareleftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoSure, but that’s usually much less poetic, North by Northwest notwithstanding.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWe used to say Boreas, Auster, Zephyr and Eurus
We just say “North-East” for gregal or “North, North-East” if it’s half between North and gregal. Other would be North-West, South-West, and South-East.
Sure, but that’s usually much less poetic, North by Northwest notwithstanding.
We used to say Boreas, Auster, Zephyr and Eurus