Boustrophedonically Yours, W. Skeffington Higgins

[beamjockey]

This week, I got to use the word "boustrophedonic" in a sentence

Comments

[carbonel]

I am able to use it from time to time, because I have a friend who knits boustrophedonically.

[neowolf2]

I remember when daisy wheel printers would print boustre... bostru... bro... back and forth like that.

[bigbumble]

The Northwest Ordinance established the need to layout counties, townships and sections in Michigan and several neighboring states. Usually there are 36 sections(square mile surveyed chunks of land) per township. The sections are numbered in a boustrophedonic manner 1 - 36 to allow a man on horseback to ride through them in numeric order. One of the sections was set aside in each township to provide for schools in the township.

[eub]

And following afterwards, I don't know exactly how much of the Public Land Survey System uses this township-range numbering layout, but it seems to be pretty general. The PLSS covers most of the U.S. except the old East Coast, and Texas.

[stickmaker]

Thank you for the new word. I've already added it to a story I'm writing which involves an archeological study on another world. :-)

[icecreamempress]

I eat corn on the cob like a typewriter, though without the audible "ding!" at the end of each row.

[holyoutlaw]

See, I'd add the "ding!" until my wife said "Stop clown eating your corn!" In fact, I hope I remember this next corn season.