Monday, don't forget to vote Tuesday

11/6/06, 3:38 AM #1

Gary Smyth
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Monday, don't forget to vote Tuesday

The Chinese write and print up and down rather than left to right. Why?

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11/6/06, 4:59 AM #2

DB
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We will have to scroll down to find the answer. Because I will not post it now.

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11/6/06, 5:05 AM #3

Dan Donaldson
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Total WAG. Does it have anything to do with the fact that they traditionally used a brush and ink. Printing down would tend to make for less chance of smearing what you have already done.

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11/6/06, 11:00 AM #4

Ken Oakley-Sunny St. Cloud, Fla.
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So people will be able to pick one from Column A and one from Column B and so an and so on

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11/6/06, 1:46 PM #5

Gary Smyth
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Hint

The reason stems from the utensils for the process.

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11/6/06, 2:21 PM #6

Thomas Skaggs
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Might it have anything to do with which way the paper is rolled and unrolled to reveal the writing?

Tom

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