xkcd finds East and West confusing - what about North and South?

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Comments

• Anonymous
  November 12, 2008
  My 2 cents: I believe it's a question of the definition and assumption differing: magnetic north is not the earth equivalent of a magnet's N (assumption), but the end that attracts a magnet's N (definition). In order words, "magnetic north" is a contraction of "magnetic pole-that-attracts-a-magnet's north".