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Re:Boustrophedon by vec on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @01:15PM (#15543243)
With enough practice, I could see this being much easier to read. There's no jumping from the end of one line and searching for the next, plus each line is visually distinct from the ones immediately above and below.

I wonder how much text I would have to read like this before it felt natural?

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Re:Boustrophedon by gumby on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @01:46PM (#15543513)
> I wonder how much text I would have to read like this before it felt natural?

If you see my note above I mention that it wasn't a big deal. More to your question, frankly learning ancient Greek grammar was far more painful -- the effort to learn to parse old inscriptions was in the noise compared to the effort to understand what the hell they were writing.

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