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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 crossing thread, and BB's-Boustrophedonicly! #156066 02/23/06 04:53 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy OP Carpal Tunnel OP of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park recently on one of the knitting boards i frequent, an unusual word popped up. (it's not new to most here, but i didn't find any discussion of it.--but i also didn't look very hard.) the word (AWAD from Feb 95) was Boustrophedonic --which mean 'turning like an ox'(does as plowing a feild) which is exactly how a knitters 'read' charts in knitting. a chart might indicate Yarn over (O-a sort of increase) or knitting 2 stitches together (K2tog or SSK 2 styles of decreases (K2tog =/ for right leaning decreases, and SSK \ for left leaning decreases), and simple chart might indcate the following instuctions-- K2, SSK (short had for a right leaning K2tog), YO, YO, (2 increases), K2tog(left leaning decrease), K2. VV\OO/VV<-----read in this direction! the second row of the chart is read in the oposite direction UUUUVUUU-----> VV\OO/VV<----- (short hand for Purl 4(stitches) Knit 1, Purl 3) charts are always read from the bottom to the top, and you always start reading from the right to the left! knitting charts are totally unlike reading. i don't know if there are (currently) any other examples of using a boustrophedonic style of reading information. (there is a bit of an overlap--knitting nerds also tend to be word nerds. last week at a knitting group, the word puce came up (another knitter used it) and several turned to me, to confirm the meaning of the word--i knew it, of course!) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: crossing thread, and BB's-Boustrophedonicly! #156067 02/23/06 05:28 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I LOOOOOOOOOVE that word!! tsuwm? Please? Maybe? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: crossing thread, and BB's-Boustrophedonicly! #156068 02/23/06 05:32 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont there are (or were) some written languages that are (were) boustrophedonic. I remember reading about them in Godel, Escher, and Bach. cool. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: crossing thread, and BB's-Boustrophedonicly! #156069 02/23/06 06:17 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Owlbow enthusiast Owlbow enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 389 Rhode Island, USA Not an answer to the question, but the first time I came across the word was in an old 9-pin dot matrix printer manual. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: crossing thread, and BB's-Boustrophedonicly! #156070 02/23/06 06:23 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > dot matrix the usage of which is mentioned in a wikipedia article on boustrophedonic. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: crossing thread, and BB's-Boustrophedonicly! #156071 02/23/06 07:06 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Quote: I LOOOOOOOOOVE that word!! tsuwm? Please? Maybe? wha?! [Gk boustrophos, ox-turning] I know I've posted this here before: strange new words I relish like nectar or tonic I now know my line printer is boustrophedonic -David P. Stern, Science magazine Quinion Last edited by tsuwm; 02/23/06 07:07 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: crossing thread, and BB's-Boustrophedonicly! #156072 02/23/06 07:09 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy OP Carpal Tunnel OP of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Yeah, i know its come up before.. but not recently--and hadn't thought about knitting charts when it last came up..its nice to drag up an inoften used word --especially if there is new found use for it! my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: crossing thread, and BB's-Boustrophedonicly! #156073 02/23/06 11:21 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I know I've posted this here before: Yes, you have, lovely one, but I never tire of re-reading it! Thank you! [blowing kiss e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: turnabullity #156074 02/24/06 01:29 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 yep, this came up before here, and I remember that lovely link Bingley offered which translates into bous style! http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=miscellany&Number=140352 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Boustrophedonic #156075 02/24/06 02:29 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory A Alex Williams Pooh-Bah Alex Williams Pooh-Bah A Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,819 Spam Factory What a great word. Mav's boustrophedonic limerick from the older thread is really something. 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