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Re: boustrophedon (was: Atlantis II)

From:Shreyas Sampat <nsampat@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 27, 2001, 14:59
I've totally given up using direction-words for anything other than
directions I've memorized in advance - I just point my head in the
appropriate direction and say, "Turn that way."  It's a whole lot less
confusing for us all.

---
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. :-)
:
: I suffer from exactly the same problem.

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