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Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2001 14:59:32 -0800
To: classics@u.washington.edu
From: David Lupher <dlupher@ups.edu>
Subject: Re: rotarolpxE tsetaL eht ni toN :eR

kcirtaP s'ekruoR witty petition for the restoration of
boustrophedon missed one very persuasive argument.  It
would not only give equal-time to lefties (I'm referring
to handedness, not politics); it would also, once we get
used to it, be incredibly more efficient than our current
system.  Think of this: every time you read a line of
left-right (or, for that matter, if you're in Israel,
right-left) writing, you waste a whole eye-movement
before you can read the next line.  I predict that
once Mr. Rourke's suggestion is adopted, we'll all
be able to read much more.

I wouldn't bother with Congress, however.  This strikes
me as a job for Laura Bush.  She is demonstrably
interested in the teaching of reading, and she is
reputed to be in the market for a Cause.  This could
be it.

By the way, do we have any clear idea why the Greeks
decided to do away with boustrophedon?  Didn't they
know a good thing when they had one?

David Lupher
Classics Dept.
Univ. of Puget Sound


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