Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 28146
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2003/4/17 [Reference/Languages] UID:28146 Activity:nil
4/16    Lots of languages are written from left to right.  Arabic, Hebrew, and
        several others are written from right to left, and Chinese, Mongolian
        and some other Asian languages are written in columns from top to
        bottom(or at least used to be.)  But what about from bottom to top?
        can anyone think of a written language that goes that way?
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