Re: boustrophedon (was: Atlantis II)

well the human body is symmetrical. really ?
not quite..
how about solving this with an elegant metaphor-term:
"heart-side" and "non-heart-side" ? :-)
for such things it would be neat if the marker for a negation
("non-/not-/un-/dis") would be inflected instead of affixed (like
esperanto). why?
because a longer word is inferior for the human brain. contradict me
if you like :-) but.. we like to use shorter words in general.
so it would damage equality of the negated and the not-negated term.

regards :-)
c.s.



SS> I've totally given up using direction-words for anything other than
SS> directions I've memorized in advance - I just point my head in the
SS> appropriate direction and say, "Turn that way."  It's a whole lot less
SS> confusing for us all.

SS> ---
SS> Shreyas

: >> On the other hand, I'm totally incapable of choosing the right word
: >> for left and right.  There is absolutely no link in my brain with the
: >> direction and the words.  So when I tell people where to go in cities,
: >> they have to get accustomed to paying attention to my hands that point
: >> left when I say right and vice versa. :-)
SS> :
SS> : I suffer from exactly the same problem.


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