tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254410590157839056.post2662438443147248544..comments2024-03-08T07:05:03.941+13:00Comments on Best of 3: Exploring the words I useCourtney Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15634389572794209243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254410590157839056.post-91417712083471552822016-08-29T12:34:39.144+12:002016-08-29T12:34:39.144+12:00Your description of the civil, nautical and astron...Your description of the civil, nautical and astronomical twilight is almost completely wrong. Don't worry, most encyclopedias (except Wikipedia) and people get this wrong...<br /><br />Day: s >= 0°<br />Sun's lower limb: -0°15'<br />Center: 0°<br />Sun's upper limb: 0°15'<br />Solar twilight: I don't know<br />Civil twilight: 0° <= s <= 6°<br />Nautical twilight: 0° <= s <= 12°<br />Astronomical twilight: 0° <= s <= 18°<br />Night: s <= -18°Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7254410590157839056.post-77910761475320155572016-08-29T11:01:27.581+12:002016-08-29T11:01:27.581+12:00Gung ho is interesting because in the Marine Corp ...Gung ho is interesting because in the Marine Corp manual and on Wikipedia, it says the Marines picked up the term from the Northern Chinese while fighting in WWII, but the truth is, Major Evans Carlson picked it up from his New Zealand friend and not from the Chinese themselves. Wikipedia says that gung ho is not Chinese but "Americanism", which is only a half-truth. In real life, if you ask a Northern Chinese person what comes to mind when you say "gung hoe", they will have no idea what you are trying to say, but if you ask a Southern Chinese person, they will say, "Oh, you mean 'goong hoe'" or 工好, and it means "good job", as in, "You did a good job on your speech". 工合 is not pronounced "gung hoe", but as "goong huh". That's what happens when you base your motto on hearsay and ignorance, instead of research facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com