- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 11:38:03 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
- Cc: jonathan chetwynd <jc@signbrowser.org.uk>
In "reading, writing and 'rithmetic," 'reading' clearly refers to decoding the results of writing. But this is a caricature of curriculum, not a definition of the English verb "to read." In colloquial English in general, we talk of reading palms or reading the tea leaves. Many forms of interpreting experience are included, not just decoding textually-recorded language. At 03:56 PM 2000-09-01 -0400, David Poehlman wrote: >anyone have a dictionary handy? > We all have a dictionary handy. Quote: 1 a (1) : to receive or take in the sense of (as letters or symbols) especially by sight or touch (2) : to study the movements of (as lips) with mental formulation of the communication expressed ... Found at: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=read In the full dictionary entry there are many examples of qualitative interpretation being termed 'reading.' I stopped the quote at "reading lips" because the general meaning stated to cover this example seems to include animations just fine. In fact, we talk of instruments taking a reading. What is interpreted in reading can be direct experience. It need not be an utterance, reflecting another's prior interpretation. What does a radiologist do with the analog, film-image X-rays? Al
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