> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roozbeh Pournader [mailto:roozbeh@sina.sharif.ac.ir]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 2:26 PM
>
> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Reynolds, Gregg wrote:
>
> > Which clearly proves
> > that most writers of Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic, etc. are left-handed.
>
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> Sorry, but the ratio in Iran (we write in Arabic script) is like the
> outside world. Would you please explain how did you come to that
> conclusion? It seems that writing right-to-left while right handed may
I was joking. But isn't it interesting that those cultures that produced
the Holy Books all used RTL writing? (I know, other religions have holy
writings too, but they have a different status within the religious
community than the big 3.)
-gregg
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