Thread: Ages old debate of reading vs. listening to books
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Old 10-14-2018, 10:54 AM   #100
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
It's your statement that "If someone is a listener, then by definition, they aren't that literate." that I have major issues with, I'm afraid, because you're clearly implying that listening and reading are mutually exclusive, which of course they are not!
Well...I kinda think they are but I can see how that "listener then by" statement" could rub wrong. That was me having some wordsmithing fun. The actual meaning of the word "literate" means "well-read". Does well-read mean ingested a great many books or does it mean "reading a great many books? Are we going to be including "well heard" to our definitions of literacy? I listened to Alan Greenspan's "The Age ofTurbulence" once but I certainly didn't read it. Shall I go tell my friends I read it? No, why would I? It's a completely different activity. Plus I was driving...multitasking...not something I have to worry about when I read.


A question I asked earlier, anyone can respond. If audiobooks are just as good, why bother to learn how to read at all?
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