A poet slips

[john at research.haifa.ac.il]

For learning to read for the first time, obviously it doesn't make a difference.
But once you've learned to read in one direction, it's tough to start reading
in the opposite direction, particularly if you've started late in life. I
know from personal experience.
John





Quoting "A. Katz" <amnfn at well.com>:

> Ron,
>
> Most of what you said made sense to me. I am not familiar with the revival
> of Arabic and would be happy if you posted a link for all us Funknetters
> on this topic. It makes sense to see different versions of the langauge as
> gradient.
>
> One thing you said, though, struck me as weird. "Despite the right-to-left
> direction...." You're not seriously suggesting that RTL or LTR makes a
> difference in ease of reading, are you?
>
>     --Aya
>
> http://hubpages.com/hub/My-Grandfathers-Voice-Recordings-of-Benzion-Katz
>
>
>
>




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