In concept any word could be understood read in either direction (in fact in practice they are often read as a single unit). The English language though is arranged such that some statements or descriptors are dependent on order. Multiple sentences often build upon each other.
For example: “John got up earlier than usual. He was unhappy about this.” Now if we read right to left we would first read a sentence that made little sense; who is “he”? Unhappy about what?
In contrast a face is just an object. The right half of the face holds not special order compared to the left, in concept they could be entirely independent.
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