boustrophedon
\ boo-struh-FEED-n \ , noun;
1. an ancient method of writing in which the lines run alternately from right to left and from left to right.
I hope you all enjoyed yesterday's video post! It was a first for the both of us, and we had a lot of fun making it. That being said, I wasn't able to use today's WoD naturally. If you just LOOK at it you can see why.
I mean, why does this word ever exist? Seriously, Google it as an image and you will be a bit confused as to what you're looking at. The best method I could think of it was recently, when in one of my classes we were assigned to read A Midsummer Night's Dream. Don't get me wrong, it's a great play. Shakespeare knew comedy when he was writing that ish. But when you're reading such a long piece of literature in a short period of time, some things go over your head.
Looking back, there were times when the text resembled absolute boustrophedon all clumped together looking like shortened words. It's madness it is. And nonsensical words.
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