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Old 12-12-2018, 04:17 PM   #161
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Originally Posted by OregonJim View Post
If someone asks me if I've "read" a book, and I've listened to the audiobook version, I will answer "yes". The method of comprehension makes no difference, as long as the words are the same. If I saw a movie based on the book, I would answer "no" because the words are not the same as the book or audiobook.
I often don't recall whether I listened to a book or read it visually. I re-read a lot of books so in a lot of cases I've done both.

A movie isn't the same. Not only are the words different, the story is often different. It's not the same thing. The average movie made from a book is an abridgement of that book at best. At worse it's not even the same thing.

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