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
BillTowne t1_je1xmnm wrote on March 28, 2023 at 8:36 PM I believe Irish monks came up with the idea of spaces between the letters in the manuscripts they were copying. Permalink 11
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