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Originally Posted by DixieGal
I wish whoever voted "never heard of it" would describe what reading is like for him or her.
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I haven't voted, but that's what I would pick if I did/do.
Reading to me is like, ummm, *reading*.
I don't have any context to compare it with in order to describe it to you. I don't *dramatize* stories with different character voices -- and audio book dramatizations with multiple actors just irritate me. One voice actor doing different voices does not bother me, but multiple people with additional sounds and music is annoying.
I just *read*. No characterizations, no frills, no extras. I don't even think I have a narrator reading to me.
The only exception would be when authors write a specific dialect, and that just annoys/amuses me (it's a mix
) because I have to stop and sound it out and try to figure out what it's supposed to be.
I am intrigued by the idea that it is not the same for other people -- I guess I never thought about how other people read and it is interesting to see that there is such a variety!
