Re: boustrophedon
From: | Matthew Butt <m.butt@...> |
Date: | Friday, July 12, 2002, 10:09 |
disc of phaistos that one . . .
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Behalf Of Adrian Morgan
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 6:54 AM
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Subject: Re: boustrophedon
Abrigon Gusiq wrote:
> boustrophedon, some say it means ox
> turning or like meaning. Since it is
> much like how a farmer plows his field.
Of course - but it's not half as interesting as writing how Australian
farmers plow their paddocks (our word for fields). Round and round in a
spiral from the outside inward...
Adrian.
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