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North East South West (never eat sour worms) not East South West North

• __jonas 3y ago
  That's actually a nice insight, I was so caught up in thinking in terms of screen space coordinates, it never occurred to me that it is based on cardinal directions. It makes a fair amount of sense for the full shorthand with all 4 properties specified.
  • culi 3y ago
    I actually don't think it makes any sense to base it on the cardinal directions! But it's easy to remember and I have no preferred alternative haha
  • Izkata 3y ago
    Doesn't help for those of us who learned the order North, South, East, West.
• VPenkov 3y ago
  Heh back in the day I memorized it by remembering that if I didn't know it, I could get myself in TRouBLe.
• russelg 3y ago
  If you're Australian, you may have heard "Never Eat Soggy Weetbix" instead, very fun.