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north south east west - 03-01-2010, 09:07 AM

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?


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03-01-2010, 10:22 AM

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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).
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03-01-2010, 10:50 AM

ok thanks for the insight


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