Re: Zero on the keyboard

On Oct 28, 8:16?pm, "Dik T. Winter" <Dik.Win...@xxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1193408983.308195.145...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "mensana...@xxxxxxxxxxx" <mensana...@xxxxxxx> writes:
> On Oct 26, 3:12 am, Herman Jurjus <hjur...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
> > But: old telephones with a circular dial layout (with holes in them for
> > your fingers, rather than buttons) also placed 1-...-9-0 in that order.
> > (And counter clockwise, if i remember correctly).
> >
> > Does anyone know the reason for that?
>
> The rotation of the Earth. Phone dials in Ausralia
> turned clockwise.

Then why were the phone dials in Norway also clockwise?

Well, _I_ was just making a joke. I suppose next you'll
be telling me toilets _do_ flush in the opposite direction
in New Zealand.

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