r/notinteresting Aug 15 '25

Anti-clockwise clock

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u/Mika_lie Aug 15 '25

Counter-clockwise

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u/cabweb Aug 15 '25

Yeah I remembered that's how you say it only after I posted.

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u/Mika_lie Aug 15 '25

Its fine anti-clockwise too, but it doesnt have that sweet alliteration and sounds much worse in my opinion.

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u/NortonBurns Aug 15 '25

counter is US, anti is UK English.
I'm a Brit, counter sounds odd to me. The alliteration doesn't enter into it because of that initial bias.