Agent641@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoClock, but its ORDER BY Hour DESClemmy.mlimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down17
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minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoBut… why would you place them anticlockwise when the hands move in a clockwise direction
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minus-squaretias@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoProbably to make them appear right in clockwise order! Sometimes two wrongs make a right. Except when lexical ordering is used.
minus-squareCarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·7 months agoIsn’t the word counter-clockwise?
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 months agoIt’s an American/British English difference
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minus-squareHelloRoot@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoYou can learn something new every day.
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But… why would you place them anticlockwise when the hands move in a clockwise direction
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Probably to make them appear right in clockwise order! Sometimes two wrongs make a right. Except when lexical ordering is used.
Isn’t the word counter-clockwise?
It’s an American/British English difference
Til
Widdershins.
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You can learn something new every day.