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Re: boustrophedon

From:Matthew Butt <m.butt@...>
Date:Friday, July 12, 2002, 10:09
disc of phaistos that one . . .

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From: Constructed Languages List [mailto:CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU] On
Behalf Of Adrian Morgan
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 6:54 AM
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
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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