I'm generally not conscious of how I read or - I think - of individual words. Judging by my reactions when I read something difficult (legal cases), I skim and skip a lot. This doesn't matter when I'm reading SF but matters a lot when I need to read something closely. Most people consider me a fast reader (probably not in this crowd) and I do notice typos and wrong words when I read.
It's been forever since someone read to me and very few movies track the book closely. One that does is The Princess Bride; I hear actors' voices a lot when I reread that book. Ditto Shakespeare and, sometimes, Austen et al.
no subject
Date: 2007-03-29 07:13 pm (UTC)It's been forever since someone read to me and very few movies track the book closely. One that does is The Princess Bride; I hear actors' voices a lot when I reread that book. Ditto Shakespeare and, sometimes, Austen et al.