tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Feb 01 09:04:42 1995
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Boustrophedon, Futhark
- From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Boustrophedon, Futhark
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 1995 16:58:28 GMT
- Priority: normal
ghItlhpu' [email protected] (Steve Weaver):-
> (Subject: Sorry about Bad Grammer (Re: How to read Klingon))
> ... Hopefuly this will be clear. I remember reading about "boustrophedon",
> years ago, but forgot the name. I found that style quite interesting.
> Wasn't early "futhark" somewhat similar or has time fogged my grey matter??
The futhark is the Germanic runic alphabet. It was always written left to
right as far as I know. The name comes from its first 6 letters in its
alphabetical order.