Was there an alternative adjective to “clockwise” other than “the rotation you take around left hand”?

Also, how did all watch companies around the world agree on what the direction of “clockwise” is?

  • southbayrideshare@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I somehow read this comment in the voice of the cleric performing the “mawwiage” ceremony in Princess Bride.

    Cleric: “Sunwise…” long, uncomfortable pause. “And for the exact same weason.” Pause. “Clocks go clockwise because their pwedecessors did… and what were their pwedecessors?”

    Humperdink: “Look, can we hurry this up?”

    Cleric: “Sundials.”

    Humperdink: “Just skip to the end!”

    Cleric: “Countewclockwise… as said in another comment… would be… widdershins.”