Actually, I would have liked to have talked to
whoever wrote the lines for the Professor.
There was this one episode, see....
(Warning: Star Trek nitpicker on-duty)
they found a "map" on how to get off the island..
The Professor studied it for the ocean current
info.
At the end of the episode, the Professor explained
how he had misinterpreted the map.
Professor, to Gilligan & the Skipper....
Prof: "..cuneiform, which was the oldest form
of writing, was invented by the Assyrians.
But I read it as though it were buoustrophedon,
you see?"
Gilligan: "Yeah, I see. I also hear pretty good,
too...But I didn't understand a word you
said."
Skipper:"I have to admit, Professor, some of those
words went over my head, too."
Prof: "Well, basically, all ancient forms of
writing went from right to left. I read
from left to right....."
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It was when I was reading thru FF Bruce's
"The Scrolls & the Parchments", some years after
I saw that, that I next saw the word
"boustrophedon".
Boustrophedon neither "goes" from right to left
nor left to right. It keeps on going from
whichever side you stopped.
For example, say you wrote one line left-to-right,
like we do. At the end of the line-if you were
writing like boustrophedon-you would end at the
far right of the page, then begin the next line
of writing below that, on the far right, & write
across to the far left. The next line would go
beneath that, & go back from left (where the
last line ended) to the far right.
I don't remember if the word "boustrophedon"
translates into "turning" or a related word.
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I imagine that whoever wrote that line in the
script had no idea the show would reair enough
for someone to actually catch that line, &
realize it was wrong.
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Daffy Duck:
"...leaning back on their balalaikas, playing
their samovars...."
(Really, Daffy? They leaned on their guitars while
playing their big teakettles? Shouldn't they
"lean back on their samovars, playing their
balalaikas"?)
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So, what's the current standings?
Will the winner face off against the winner from
another show?
(like that old commercial?)
