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slayda · 06-22-2009, 08:08 PM

I know I'm more visually oriented than auditorially. Maybe that's because if I look at the written words, I can puzzle over them as long as I need but I often have trouble correctly hearing spoken English (in a Southern US accent). I do love to see word plays across languages though. A good example is in Robert Heinlein's "The Number of the Beast". I've scanned in the section because it is difficult to type, even though he uses transliterated English letters rather than Cyrillic.

06-22-2009, 08:08 PM	#61
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	I know I'm more visually oriented than auditorially. Maybe that's because if I look at the written words, I can puzzle over them as long as I need but I often have trouble correctly hearing spoken English (in a Southern US accent). I do love to see word plays across languages though. A good example is in Robert Heinlein's "The Number of the Beast". I've scanned in the section because it is difficult to type, even though he uses transliterated English letters rather than Cyrillic. Attached Thumbnails