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pacerier 03-01-2010 09:07 AM
north south east west
 
in english we will probably say north south east west instead of south west east north or north west south east etc, does this apply to japanese as well?

Sashimister 03-01-2010 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by pacerier (Post 802321)
in english we will probably say north south east west instead of south west east north or north west south east etc, does this apply to japanese as well?
Nope. It's too wild to think it would apply to a language not even remotely related to English.

In Japanese, the order is 東西南北（とうざいなんぼく）.

pacerier 03-01-2010 10:50 AM
ok thanks for the insight


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