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A little bit: mirror writing


Sometimes, we will post a ‘little bit’ on here to highlight the main message of a previous article. You may download the images below as they are published under CC BY-SA 4.0. All published ‘little bits’ will be collected and made available for download on the Little bits section of this website.

This particular ‘little bit’ is based on Mirror, mirror, what’s up with the mirror writing?

----- (Dutch translation follows after this English text.) This is a little card with the title A little bit. On the card is the following text: Why do mirrors only flip left and right of letters and words and everything? Why don't they flip stuff upside down? It's not the mirror. It's you. The mirror just reflects what you're showing it, AFTER YOU ROTATED the piece of paper - or yourself - towards the mirror, flipping left and right in the process. Source: opencurve.info ----- In Dutch: Dit is een kaartje met de titel A little bit. Op het kaartje staat het volgende: Waarom verwisselen spiegels van letters en woorden en alles alleen links en rechts? Waarom nooit ondersteboven? Dat ligt niet aan de spiegel, dat komt door jou. De spiegel reflecteert gewoon wat je het toont, nadat je het papier - of jezelf - NAAR DE SPIEGEL TOE HEBT GEDRAAID. Door die rotatie heb je links en rechts verwisseld. Bron: opencurve.info/nl -----
----- (Dutch translation follows after this English text.) This is a little card with the title A little bit. On the card is the following text: Why do mirrors only flip left and right of letters and words and everything? Why don't they flip stuff upside down? It's not the mirror. It's you. The mirror just reflects what you're showing it, AFTER YOU ROTATED the piece of paper - or yourself - towards the mirror, flipping left and right in the process. Source: opencurve.info ----- In Dutch: Dit is een kaartje met de titel A little bit. Op het kaartje staat het volgende: Waarom verwisselen spiegels van letters en woorden en alles alleen links en rechts? Waarom nooit ondersteboven? Dat ligt niet aan de spiegel, dat komt door jou. De spiegel reflecteert gewoon wat je het toont, nadat je het papier - of jezelf - NAAR DE SPIEGEL TOE HEBT GEDRAAID. Door die rotatie heb je links en rechts verwisseld. Bron: opencurve.info/nl -----
2019-08-062020-07-02

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