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Old 12-24-2017, 07:22 AM   #7
Notjohn
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Originally Posted by Doitsu View Post
Think about it: if you're reading a physical Arabic book, you'd hold it with the spine on the right and you'd have to move the pages from left to right.
What an elegant description!

(I happen to be very conscious of book position because I am reading the new Stalin biography -- Waiting for Hitler -- which is a thousand-plus pages and weighs so much that one never forgets its orientation, especially when lying on one's back.)
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