colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agoWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?message-squaremessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down122file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 days agoBetter question is why don’t they have 8? I hate saying “north by north east”.
minus-squarekarashta@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoNortheast would be one of the 8 already. North by northeast is the direction between north and northeast
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI understand that. If we had a word for north east, let’s say “yest”, then I wouldn’t have to say “north by north east”, I could just say “north yest”.
minus-squareHegar@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoYou gotta “nor-nor-east” instead, that’s a blast.
Better question is why don’t they have 8? I hate saying “north by north east”.
Northeast would be one of the 8 already. North by northeast is the direction between north and northeast
I understand that. If we had a word for north east, let’s say “yest”, then I wouldn’t have to say “north by north east”, I could just say “north yest”.
You gotta “nor-nor-east” instead, that’s a blast.