R: Re: R: Re: First post & three questions

Steg wrote:

> > Modern Hebrew does use the Latin system, obviously written
> > backwards. Dunno
> > what other langs' punctuation looks like.
>
> > Luca
> -
>
> Well, the word are written "backwards", but the punctuation marks are
> written exactly like in the Latin system - so instead of commas curving
> down and *towards* the word they follow, they curve *away*.  Also, the
> question mark is the same: "?".  In Arabic, on the other hand, the
> question mark is a mirror-image of it.  Hebrew also uses both ''quotes''
> and ,,quotes'' (i prefer the second style).
>
Gosh! I remembered having seen a mirrored "?" in a Hebrew script...

o, well, 'twas Arabic then...

: )

Luca