Christopher Kyba 🇨🇦🇪🇺I was today years old when I realized German and English speakers write the titles of books in the opposite direction on the spine.
Roy van Grunsven@skyglowberlin that has been annoying me for years. In this case I must say the Germans are wrong. If their books lay flat the spine is upside down.
@royvangrunsven Good point 😂
But maybe Germans just don't lay books flat 🤔
James Endres Howell@skyglowberlin @royvangrunsven I always thought the "lay flat with the cover facing up" test decided which otherwise arbitrary convention is correct.
Also: my favorite habitat is used bookstores, and my right ear has a strong affinity for my right shoulder. Browsing continental titles confounds my habits and vexes my anatomy
@jameshowell @skyglowberlin It's not a general continental thing. Dutch books are like the English ones, not like the German ones