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Old 04-19-2008, 09:32 PM   #17
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Does anybody here know why many of the ancient languages read from right to left and most of the modern languages read from left to right.
I wonder if it has something to do with dragging your hand through what you just wrote.

A left handed person, will smear the ink when they write. (From left to right.)

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I guess that sooner or later we will get around to driving on the wrong side. The British are about 50 years ahead of us I would say.
HAH! That's funny!

I remember my teacher telling me 40 years ago that one day we would go to metrics too.
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