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Re: Interesting Brain/Language Nugget of Info

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Sunday, June 27, 1999, 1:57
On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 00:50:12 +0200 Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
writes:
>I don't think Arabs and Isrealis twist their hand. Rather, they=20 >'twist' (rotate actually) the surface they write on. I have seen=20 >children learning Arabic write Arabic _top to down_ but read it=20 >_right to left_.
>-kristian- 8)
I just tested myself, and i automatically turn the paper when i write Hebrew. It felt extremely weird to try and write straight. I seem to remember when i was learning to write Latin script the teacher told the leftys to turn their papers more than the rightys. -Stephen (Steg) ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.