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Originally Posted by Catlady
Of course it's demeaning to say that listening to audiobooks isn't REALLY reading. It's on a par with saying an e-book isn't REALLY a book.
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We aren't saying it's not REALLY reading, we are saying it's not reading.
In the same way swimming is not walking, it's not better or worse, just different.
There is a perfectly good word for what you do with an audiobook and it isn't read. As far as I can tell absolutely no one has any problems with audiobooks themselves, I prefer audioplays myself but that's just my preference.
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Originally Posted by Catlady
"Reading" encompasses more than simply using one's eyes; the most important element of reading is comprehension. If I painstakingly look word by word at a page of Greek or Chinese or Russian, none of which I know, have I "read" it?
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No, you've looked at it, like a picture. If it helps I'm willing to accept viewed, studied & scrutinised as well
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Originally Posted by Catlady
There's visual reading, there's aural reading, there's touch reading (Braille). It's foolish to claim that only visual reading is actual reading.
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That
aural reading is called listening
