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On a tangent, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guugu_Yimithirr_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guugu_Yimithirr_language "The language is notable for its use
by eesmith 6y ago
On a tangent, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guugu_Yimithirr_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guugu_Yimithirr_language "The language is notable for its use of pure geographic directions (north, south, east, west) rather than egocentric directions (left, right, forward, backward),[7] though such "purity" is disputed.[8] Still, it has given its speakers a remarkable sense of direction."
- saurik 6y agoThis isn't actually a tangent, and is a reason I knew there were people who prefer absolute direction.
- eesmith 6y agoI think of it as a tangent because for the people I pointed to it's not a preference. It's not "easier" but rather, there is no other option but absolute directions. On another tangent, there are some fields which use relative date almost exclusively, like Ma used in paleontology and geology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year#SI_prefix_multipliers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year#SI_prefix_multipliers and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myr . And "BP" is used in archeology and some other fields as a date before 1950 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Present https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_Present .