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Don & Theresa G Date: Tue May 25, 1999 2:34 pm Subject: Re: New SignWriter Features? | ||||||||||||||||
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-----Original Message----- > 7. Might it be possible for columns to print from right to left instead >of left to right? This might seem strange to many, but it's the natural way >of writing Chinese characters when "in column mode" (as it were). When >Chinese people look at things written in columns, their eyes naturally start >reading at the top right side, and SW starts on the on the other ("the >wrong") side. Wayne: This is not necessarily a problem. I'm hardly a fluent reader of Hebrew, but my training from Hebrew school has rubbed off enough that when I do attempt to decipher Hebrew, I automatically start on the right side, even though I'm a native (and extremely fluent) reader of English, where I always start on the left side. I suspect that Chinese SW readers, once taught that they have to switch scanning to the "wrong" side, will start automatically doing so and it will become second nature for them. They might think it "weird" at first (like I did with Hebrew) but later they will think nothing of it for this particular writing system. --Donald Grushkin | ||||||||||||||||
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