Comment on Why don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?

hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Hegar@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You gotta say "nor-nor-east" instead, that's a blast.

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• karashta@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Northeast would be one of the 8 already. North by northeast is the direction between north and northeast

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  • hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    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”.

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