Doug Ewell scripsit:

> I've never understood why writing Hebrew or Arabic left-to-right is
> called "visual" order anyway.  These are RTL scripts; they are supposed
> to be not only written, but also read, right-to-left.  Wouldn't a reader
> of Hebrew or Arabic consider RTL to BE the "visual" order?

Of course.  It's sheer ethnocentricism.

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