Re: vertical direction control

From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Wed Mar 24 2004 - 17:55:46 EST

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    On 24/03/2004 14:07, jcowan@reutershealth.com wrote:

    >Kenneth Whistler scripsit:
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    >>Ernest Cline wrote:
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    >>>It also doesn't account for boustrephedon writing direction either.
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    >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    >> boustrophedon
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    >Ah well. I once referred to Herodotos throughout a posting as Herotodos
    >(googling for it gets 17 hits, the first two of which are mine (blush)).
    >Not surprising when you pronounce it [h@3"A4@4@s], as I do.
    >(" = primary stress, 4 = fishhook r, 3\ = rhotacized reverse epsilon,
    >A = alpha).
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    Herotodos - 17 hits
    Herodotos - 8,730 hits
    Herotodus - 528 hits
    Herodotus - 165,000 hits

    Obviously the Latinised version, with -us instead of the original Greek
    -os, is much the most widely used.

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