Comment by culi

2 years ago

North East South West (never eat sour worms)

not

East South West North

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.

  • 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

Heh back in the day I memorized it by remembering that if I didn't know it, I could get myself in TRouBLe.

If you're Australian, you may have heard "Never Eat Soggy Weetbix" instead, very fun.