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Subject: Re: [lojban] Direction of Rotation
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> I had an idea. Things can only move circularly in one of two directions. 
>> Why not just use {carna fi li pa} and {carna fi li re}, or even {carna fi 
>> lo pritu} and {carna fi lo zunle}? 
>
>
From a completely unbiased standpoint, without any cultural knowledge, does 
that unambiguously indicate direction of rotation?
Which way is "left"? Are we measuring from the bottom or the top?
Which way is the "first" rotation? Is that culturally neutral? 

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 had an idea. Things can only move circularly in one of two directions.=20
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