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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts) Thu Aug 1, 2019, 09:00 PM Aug 2019

Every book you ever read

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Every book you ever read (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 OP

False for many people who have read books in languages other than English. RockRaven Aug 2019 #1

:-) left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #3

... Anon-C Aug 2019 #2

Twilight Zone ? left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 #4

I'm not that old, but I am old enough to remember the very Anon-C Aug 2019 #5

RockRaven

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1. False for many people who have read books in languages other than English.

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Thu Aug 1, 2019, 09:10 PM

Aug 2019

And that's true even within the subset of languages which use latinate alphabets.

Edit: Addendum - and it is also not true for many English texts which are not modern English.

left-of-center2012

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3. :-)

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Thu Aug 1, 2019, 09:12 PM

Aug 2019

Anon-C

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2. ...

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Thu Aug 1, 2019, 09:12 PM

Aug 2019

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

4. Twilight Zone ?

Reply to Anon-C (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 1, 2019, 09:13 PM

Aug 2019

I'm old enough to remember the episode.

Anon-C

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5. I'm not that old, but I am old enough to remember the very

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 1, 2019, 09:19 PM

Aug 2019

Twilight Zone Marathons of the early 80s.

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