Western Hemisphere
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I hate the term Western Hemisphere; it just doesn't make any sence. Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere do, because you can come to a point where going in a straight line no longer takes you north (or south) - but the same can't be said for going West... (A quick search of google comes up with 224,000 uses for "Western Hemisphere" and only 15,600 for "Easter Hemisphere"...) is it an attempt at being more politcally correct than "Western World" (google hits 327,000 - I think this makes more sence because it is more conceptual; although still not actually correct I guess) and "Eastern World" (9,240 google hits, doesn't sound correct)... Have fun, Paul Westcott.
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I hate the term Western Hemisphere; it just doesn't make any sence. Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere do, because you can come to a point where going in a straight line no longer takes you north (or south) - but the same can't be said for going West... (A quick search of google comes up with 224,000 uses for "Western Hemisphere" and only 15,600 for "Easter Hemisphere"...) is it an attempt at being more politcally correct than "Western World" (google hits 327,000 - I think this makes more sence because it is more conceptual; although still not actually correct I guess) and "Eastern World" (9,240 google hits, doesn't sound correct)... Have fun, Paul Westcott.
Paul Westcott wrote: Easter Hemisphere Is that the half of the world where the bunnies carrying chocolate eggs live? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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Paul Westcott wrote: Easter Hemisphere Is that the half of the world where the bunnies carrying chocolate eggs live? -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
benjymous wrote: Is that the half of the world where the bunnies carrying chocolate eggs live? :-D A secret world... (it gets 38 google hits!) Have fun, Paul Westcott.
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I hate the term Western Hemisphere; it just doesn't make any sence. Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere do, because you can come to a point where going in a straight line no longer takes you north (or south) - but the same can't be said for going West... (A quick search of google comes up with 224,000 uses for "Western Hemisphere" and only 15,600 for "Easter Hemisphere"...) is it an attempt at being more politcally correct than "Western World" (google hits 327,000 - I think this makes more sence because it is more conceptual; although still not actually correct I guess) and "Eastern World" (9,240 google hits, doesn't sound correct)... Have fun, Paul Westcott.
The western hemisphere is the part between 0 degrees longitude (Greenwich) extending west to the international date line. The eastern hemisphere is the other half. --Mike-- Just released - RightClick-Encrypt - Adds fast & easy file encryption to Explorer My really out-of-date homepage Sonork-100.19012 Acid_Helm
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I hate the term Western Hemisphere; it just doesn't make any sence. Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere do, because you can come to a point where going in a straight line no longer takes you north (or south) - but the same can't be said for going West... (A quick search of google comes up with 224,000 uses for "Western Hemisphere" and only 15,600 for "Easter Hemisphere"...) is it an attempt at being more politcally correct than "Western World" (google hits 327,000 - I think this makes more sence because it is more conceptual; although still not actually correct I guess) and "Eastern World" (9,240 google hits, doesn't sound correct)... Have fun, Paul Westcott.