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r/MurderedByWords • u/DecisionAvoidant • 20d ago
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Vi B. Gyor is a far better man than Roy G. Big can ever hope to be.
[It's interesting cuz apparently students in America learned ROYGBIV, meanwhile I (and other kids in India) learned it as VIBGYOR]
20 u/saeljfkklhen 20d ago Yeah, it's the same thing, just a different orientation. And that's pretty cool. 7 u/Phoenix2211 20d ago Oh I knew that, was just wondering WHY the difference exists Maybe because Roy is a Western name, so teachers in the West figured it'd be easier for kids to remember it as ROYgbiv. 2 u/LivingAnomoly 19d ago In the West we read/write left to right, some regions read/write right to left.
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Yeah, it's the same thing, just a different orientation.
And that's pretty cool.
7 u/Phoenix2211 20d ago Oh I knew that, was just wondering WHY the difference exists Maybe because Roy is a Western name, so teachers in the West figured it'd be easier for kids to remember it as ROYgbiv. 2 u/LivingAnomoly 19d ago In the West we read/write left to right, some regions read/write right to left.
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Oh I knew that, was just wondering WHY the difference exists
Maybe because Roy is a Western name, so teachers in the West figured it'd be easier for kids to remember it as ROYgbiv.
2 u/LivingAnomoly 19d ago In the West we read/write left to right, some regions read/write right to left.
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In the West we read/write left to right, some regions read/write right to left.
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u/Phoenix2211 20d ago
Vi B. Gyor is a far better man than Roy G. Big can ever hope to be.
[It's interesting cuz apparently students in America learned ROYGBIV, meanwhile I (and other kids in India) learned it as VIBGYOR]