tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Jan 26 08:02:04 1995
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Boustrophedon
- From: "A.Appleyard" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Boustrophedon
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 15:58:12 GMT
- Priority: normal
David E G Sturm <[email protected]> wrote:-
> Some of us probably do wish that Klingon were done boustrephedon, but if
> .yaw taht nrael ot rehguot *hcum* saw keerG ,sallE' fo evitan a ksa uoy
> Then your brain has to recognize the same word two different ways,
and
> .tneiciffe yrev t'nsi ti ,ecapS elbuoD gninnur si niarb ruoy sselnu
....
In proper ancient Greek (and early Latin) boustrophedon, in the right-to-left
lines the individual letters were mirror imaged also, so the right-to-left
lines were completely like mirror writing. That would make it easier to read.