Re: A possible solution:

Posted by D.Jones from RHMO149.RES.UTK.EDU on September 12, 1999 at 09:39:50:

In Reply to: A possible solution: posted by Dale Dassel on September 11, 1999 at 16:58:22:

: : Michaelson, I hear you're quite the Indy expert. Ok, that being the case, maybe you can clear up a problem I have with Temple of Doom. Could you please explain to my why it is that when Indiana is comparing the writing on the wall inside the secret passage in Willie's room to the cloth he has, he reads it from left to right? Almost all languages from that part of the world are written and read from right to left. Thanks, D. Jones.

: Well, in reality Harrison Ford probably would not have realised
: this. But in the story, maybe he picked up his reading in mid-sentence,
: as he was leaving off the wall and continuing on the cloth. Besides,
: right-to-left and left-to-right look the same: his head is moving in
: both directions. No offense, but you must have pretty sharp eyes to
: catch that one. I never noticed it.

: -Dale
Dale,
it's true that he does look back and forth across the wall and from cloth
to wall as he reads, but he moves his lighter (or source of light)
distinctly from left to right as he reads. BTW, no offence taken, I only
noticed it because I am studying a middle-eastern language and the
direction of reading has been the hardest part to master.
-D.Jones

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: : : Michaelson, I hear you're quite the Indy expert. Ok, that being the case, maybe you can clear up a problem I have with Temple of Doom. Could you please explain to my why it is that when Indiana is comparing the writing on the wall inside the secret passage in Willie's room to the cloth he has, he reads it from left to right? Almost all languages from that part of the world are written and read from right to left. Thanks, D. Jones.

: :      Well, in reality Harrison Ford probably would not have realised
: : this. But in the story, maybe he picked up his reading in mid-sentence,
: : as he was leaving off the wall and continuing on the cloth. Besides,
: : right-to-left and left-to-right look the same: his head is moving in
: : both directions. No offense, but you must have pretty sharp eyes to
: : catch that one. I never noticed it.

: :                                   -Dale
: Dale, 
:   it's true that he does look back and forth across the wall and from cloth
: to wall as he reads, but he moves his lighter (or source of light) 
: distinctly from left to right as he reads. BTW, no offence taken, I only
: noticed it because I am studying a middle-eastern language and the
: direction of reading has been the hardest part to master.
:                                        -D.Jones

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