tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Dec 06 08:43:38 1997
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Re: A *with* suffix?
- From: Bill Willmerdinger <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: A *with* suffix?
- Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 11:18:09 -0500
- Organization: IKV Crystal Dagger, Klingon Assault Group Rochester NY
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Mark E. Shoulson wrote:
>
> >Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 01:11:51 -0800 (PST)
> >From: m109 <[email protected]>
> >
> >ps. For N,S,E,W why not use ship directions (bow, stern etc.)
>
> Erm, which way would be "fore" and which "aft"? And why? The answers (if
> any) are highly dependent on culture, and we don't know that much.
I recall that Larry Niven used "spinward", "antispinward", "port" and
"starboard" for cardinal directions on the Ringworld. "Spinward" was
the direction in which the Ringworld spun ("east"), with "port" and
"starboard" defined as to the left and right when facing spinward). We
have {DIng} for v. "spin", but for the life of me I can't figure how to
construct "spinward".
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