wegqg t1_je24u1l wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:22 PM

Reply to comment by CletusDSpuckler in 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

Yesitareallyhardtohearindidividualwordswhenitcomestoromancelanguagesingeneralwhichiswhythesoundsallblendintooneanotherunlikegermaniclanguageswhicharegenerallymoredefinedphonetically

fanghornegghorn t1_je4di8s wrote on March 29, 2023 at 9:59 AM

I could read that easily

wegqg t1_je4ob8t wrote on March 29, 2023 at 12:03 PM

You must be spanish.

fanghornegghorn t1_je4otyj wrote on March 29, 2023 at 12:08 PM

No. Isn't it because English is a Germanic language?