TIL the majority of ancient Greeks and Romans that were literate read out loud. Reasons for this include a lack of space between letters and no formalized system of punctuation that helped with pauses in reading. bbc.com Submitted by Ask_Me_If_Im_A_Horse t3_124v6lh on March 28, 2023 at 4:58 PM in todayilearned 36 comments 523
AmberMorrell t1_je342vo wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:36 AM I learned it the other way around in my history of books class. Documents were writing without spacing and punctuation because they were meant to be read aloud. Permalink 3
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