Re: what direction do you write in jappanese.

From: David Chien (chiendh_at_uci.edu)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:42:20 -0800

> Top to bottom with a left to right progression? Where have you seen Japanese
> written in that manner?

   Signs, lazy Japanese teens, left handed writers (right handed, too),
etc. The right to left progression is fine for writing in most cases,
but if you know about brush writing, it's messy as a right handed person
if you're not careful to follow the rules and never touch the paper with
anything but your brush. Some kids get lazy, don't want their palms all
messy, so they write left to right.

   Definitely not as common as the traditional right to left order, but
it does exist and you can see people writing this way (whether it's
correct.... well, I'll just say as long as it's not down to up, you're
fine =P =).

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