AmberMorrell t1_je342vo wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:36 AM Reply to 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. by Ask_Me_If_Im_A_Horse 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
AmberMorrell t1_je342vo wrote
Reply to 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. by Ask_Me_If_Im_A_Horse
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.