Re: Interesting Brain/Language Nugget of Info

On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Jim Henry wrote:

> I expect creatures without humanesque two-lobe brains would find
> boustrephon more usable, without our strong reasons to use
> exclusively  R-L or L-R.  Think I'll use this when I finish working out
> the Thauliralau syllabary &c.
Back when I was less normal (heh) I taught myself to read and write
boustrephonally (woof! is that word?) in English.  I wanted to see if I
could read faster that way.  The answer?  No.  To recognize a word's
backward spelling took just about as long as to flick my eyes to the other
side of the page.  I suspect, however, if I had stored two configurations
in my little brain of each word, it would be faster.