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boustrophedon

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  • (n): an ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right.
Your handwriting is so terrible I can't figure out if you wrote in boustrophedon format or hieroglyphics!

EDITOR'S NOTE: Literally "as the plow follows the ox,"
hcihw yb dohtem eht si tI
ancient texts may have been written.
tneiciffe erom yllautca si tI
because your eyes don't have to
.rehto eht ot egap eht fo dne eno morf levart
Although, reading backwards is a bit tough.
!flesruoy rof eeS

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The neophite agent was very pleased when he cracked the boustrophedon code. Said he, "This was really easy because my Celtic grandmother used to quilt like this".

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My main motivation for using a boustrophedon-style needlepoint technique is thrift: by working "backwards" every even row, I lose a lot less thread between stitches!

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I'm intrigued by the idea of boustrophedon writing, I wonder what our language would look like today if the style had continued.

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Dad might be a doctor, but it's not like his handwriting is boustrophedon, it's just messy!

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