Posted as a winter fan myself

  • TheTetrapod@lemmy.world
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    26 天前

    I’ve never seen an Australian do the American thing of assuming the person they’re responding to is from their country before. For most of the English speaking world, higher latitudes = further from the equator.

    • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
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      26 天前

      Probably the mention of winter. The Southern Hemisphere has just left Winter… Also I think they’re driving on the left side of the road in the picture.

    • Fleur_@aussie.zone
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      26 天前

      Higher latitudes are always further from the equator. Why are you people arguing about this when neither of you seem to understand that the lowest latitude is 0 degrees which is exactly on the equator.

      • offspec@lemmy.world
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        26 天前

        Only if by higher you mean higher absolute value, it’s not particularly unorthodox for “higher” to generally refer to “more up on North up maps”

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          26 天前

          -12° is the same size as 12°. For angles the negative sign denotes direction. -12 N is just 12 S. Sure, but maps can be turned upside down. Is higher now south? What about a map centered on the north pole. Which direction is up then?