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Re: Interesting Brain/Language Nugget of Info

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Sunday, June 27, 1999, 18:37
Patrick Dunn wrote:
> I suspect, however, if I had stored two configurations > in my little brain of each word, it would be faster.
Perhaps, but the difference between boustrephon (sp?) and monodirectional would probably be negligible. My guess is that most languages are monodirectional because it's easier to learn than boustrephon. -- Happy that Nation, - fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting -- Benjamin Franklin http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor