One of the things that really bothers me is the word ‘bother’. The way it sounds is just wrong! For those of you who are interested, the word bother originated in the late 17th century.
Another thing that bothers me is the second hand of a clock. Technically, the second hand of a clock CANNOT be the hand that ticks off the seconds.
In the picture above, you see the face of a watch. The hour hand is the longest and largest, the minute hand is shorter than the hour hand, and the second hand is very thin. Going by that order, the hand that shows the second is not the second hand. If you’re going from shortest hand to longest hand, the second hand is still in the middle!
So, really, the hand that shows the seconds is not the ‘second hand’ on the clock. 😉
NOTE: I got the hands all mixed up (I think), so there goes my logic. 😛
P.S. Don’t take this article seriously, although the thing about bother originating in the 17th century I actually did look up.
P.S.S. I made the clock face image. Here’s the code (it’s in JavaScript):
fill(212, 211, 170);
stroke(122, 122, 122);
strokeWeight(5);
ellipse(200, 200, 300, 300);
fill(206, 209, 0);
noStroke();
ellipse(200, 200, 50, 50);
strokeWeight(10);
stroke(176, 176, 176);
line(197, 199, 196, 96);
line(196, 200, 220, 127);
strokeWeight(5);
line(196, 199, 220, 281);
stroke(77, 77, 77);
strokeWeight(10);
line(200, 200, 200, 94);
line(200, 200, 225, 127);
strokeWeight(5);
line(200, 200, 224, 284);
fill(143, 143, 143);
textFont(createFont(“serif”), 20);
text(“XII”, 184, 76);
text(“IV”, 306, 200);
text(“VIII”, 183, 330);
text(“X”, 67, 200);
