colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-27 days agoWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't compasses have just two Cardinal directions (North, East, -North, -East)?colourlesspony@pawb.social to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-27 days agomessage-square97fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekarashta@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoNortheast would be one of the 8 already. North by northeast is the direction between north and northeast
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI 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”.
Northeast would be one of the 8 already. North by northeast is the direction between north and northeast
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”.