While in Thailand, I kept noticing that signs that looked like they were in Hebrew. After looking at it a bit harder, I realized that it was just Tahi script, but it brought up the question, is Thai read left-to-right, like most western languages, or right-to-left, like Hebrew. Since we knew nothing about the language, we had no clue.

I remembered this today when reading about C's temporary loss of use of her right hand, so I finally looked it up. Turns out Thai is a left-to-right language, which means that the similarities in appearance is pure fluke. I wonder if the numerous Israelis travelling around the country ever thought the same thing...

Posted by dahl at September 22, 2005 4:22 PM

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