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spindlegirl · 11-08-2017, 03:16 PM

I had a visually impaired brother, he passed away in 2016. He would tell me he was "watching the hockey game". He was not afraid to use terms which applied to the general way people consume things. He also didn't mind saying he read books. He used audio books. Listening is a form of reading. If he encountered an old friend and was telling me about it, "Oh I saw Chris the other day".

We tend to be so literal when it comes to reading, it seems only the visual words which we intake with our eyes is reading, yet, we can "run into" someone without any bodily contact or any running....

The English language and colloquialisms are evolving though. On E-books, for instance, I don't literally "turn a page". I tap a screen and new words come up.

11-08-2017, 03:16 PM	#243
spindlegirl Wizard Posts: 1,594 Karma: 21245891 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra h20, Paperwhite 2017, Phone & Tablet w Moonreader	I had a visually impaired brother, he passed away in 2016. He would tell me he was "watching the hockey game". He was not afraid to use terms which applied to the general way people consume things. He also didn't mind saying he read books. He used audio books. Listening is a form of reading. If he encountered an old friend and was telling me about it, "Oh I saw Chris the other day". We tend to be so literal when it comes to reading, it seems only the visual words which we intake with our eyes is reading, yet, we can "run into" someone without any bodily contact or any running.... The English language and colloquialisms are evolving though. On E-books, for instance, I don't literally "turn a page". I tap a screen and new words come up. Last edited by spindlegirl; 11-08-2017 at 03:21 PM.