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Re: Why is it called "up"?
- Subject: Re: Why is it called "up"?
- From: Deeg <galtfd@att.net>
- Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2000 06:41:29 GMT
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: AT&T Worldnet
- References: <392bd534.93736122@news.mpx.com.au> <392CD885.26B8BEA0@werple.net.au> <39386a4e@iridium.webone.com.au>
- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:11315
On Sat, 3 Jun 2000 12:26:30 +1000, "Derick Wuen"
<cullend@webone.com.au> wrote:
>Anyway... only northern hemisphere hegemonists think that north should be up
>on a map!
>
You mean I've been reading Aussie maps upside-down all my life?
I'm not sure what are the accepted designations with NZ railway lines
- the timetables have typically not indicated any direction - but,
popularly, NB is "up" and SB is "down." Very confounding at the
Raurimu Spiral.
Don Galt