Interesting post, Sidestick Stirrer, and welcome to PPruNe!
Personally, I found the airspeed display counter-intuitive, in that the tape with the numbers moves down while accelerating. It does mean that the numbers passing under the lubber line are increasing, but it sure seemed like we were slowing down for awhile.
Interestingly enough, I always thought this to be the most perfectly logical way to display the airspeed. Hearing the description of the numbers moving down DOES sound a little odd, but once you actually sit in the machine and see how it works for yourself, it all makes sense.
Well, for me anyway.
EDIT: Just out of curiosity (having never flown them myself): Donīt the ASIs of the 737NGs, 747-400, 777 and so on work the same way?