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thndrstrk t1_j27v77u wrote

Reply to comment by NGEFan in You don’t have to worry about Southwest Airlines helping Covid get anywhere. by The_Good_Vibe_Tribe

I appreciate your answer, but why is North/South stated first?

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FiascoBarbie t1_j297ksc wrote

I am not 100% positive but I think it is because all reliable ways of navigating (lodestones, Viking sun compasses and most celestial methods) could reliably measure and identify north or south. So the other directions are in relation to the 2 you can reliably measure.

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anubis_cheerleader t1_j27wo7z wrote

I don't know. That is the convention in all English syntax I have read or heard.

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