Thread: Do we need a new word for "reading" on screens since it is a very different animal?
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Old 11-03-2009, 04:20 PM   #175
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I'm not sure, LCD and CRT screens have been around for a long time now, have we created new terms for reading off those devices? What about television, when you read text off of that device is it a different word?

I suspect the answer is no. The English language is already convoluted enough without more largely redundant terms describing what is essentially the same behaviour - seeing and deciphering text and images.
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