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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Re: Clock wise bats #94750 02/07/03 01:47 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Of course bats that live in church steeples would be clock wise. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clock wise bats #94751 02/07/03 01:53 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA birdfeed member birdfeed member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA "Of course bats that live in church steeples would be clock wise." Unless they were in the habit of going widdershins. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clock wise bats #94752 02/07/03 02:08 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 the habit of going widdershins It would seem natural, bats being normally indisposed to being sungates. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clock wise bats #94753 02/07/03 02:15 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA birdfeed member birdfeed member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA "sungates"? Hwæt? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clock wise bats #94754 02/07/03 02:31 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Hwæt hwæt? No capisce sungates? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clock wise bats #94755 02/07/03 02:57 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA birdfeed member birdfeed member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA "No capisce sungates?" Nope. Are ya gonna enlighten me, or leave me twisting in the linguistic wind? And which way would I twist in the northern hemisphere, anyway? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clock wise bats #94756 02/07/03 03:06 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Twist both ways, birdseed, and see which way feels most natural to you. I tried it and I can tell you for a fact I am WiddershinsWind. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clock wise bats #94757 02/07/03 03:06 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Bats dinna gae oot inna sun. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Sungates/Widdershins #94758 02/07/03 03:09 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 twisting in the linguistic wind Non tempestatispicem eges ut scias e quo parte flat ventus. Sungates is the other way round from widdershins. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clock wise bats #94759 02/07/03 03:10 PM Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA birdfeed member birdfeed member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 180 Atlanta, GA "Bats dinna gae oot inna sun." Well OK, it kinda makes sense now. Is sungates really a word? I couldna find it in me dictionary, laddies. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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