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Tak · 31-01-2008, 14:21

I hear the words the same way I think thoughts if that makes sense...

I've been told I'm a fast reader but I don't speed read or do it on purpose, I just read at what is a comfortable pace to me - it probably isn't that fast compared to a lot of people

Pumpkinstew · 31-01-2008, 14:31

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocalisation

I've started doing it since my A-levels as it slows me up during technical report reading and also helps me memorise things.
I couldn't imagine reading a piece of fiction without the characters voices in my head. Although the female chracters all sound like Kathleen Turner.

Goose · 31-01-2008, 15:28

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Originally Posted by Pumpkinstew

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocalisation

That's pretty interesting. I've never really though about different languages.

MarcLister · 31-01-2008, 15:41

Voted that I does hear dee voyces. It annoys me. They tell me to kill people and not what a good book I am reading.

Oh wrong thread?

Seriously though, I do hear voices as I read a book. Severely annoying and I have to stop reading for a few minutes to make the voices go away.

Garp · 31-01-2008, 17:43

Whenever I read poetry I always hear it in a broad Yorkshire accent, of a bloke I knew at my old church whom I've heard recite poetry a few times.. I just love his way of reading, tone and pace. It perfectly compliments most poems.

Mark · 31-01-2008, 17:56

I just don't read.

Well, of course I do, but if there's a list of 'rules' that dictate how one should read quickly, I probably break all of them. By the time I've got to the bottom of page two in a book, I've probably forgotten what was on page one.

Voices? Not sure really. I suspect I probably do, at least sometimes.

Treefrog · 31-01-2008, 18:53

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Originally Posted by Matblack

Nope, none here, I am also a very fast reader, although not legitimate speed reading fast

Same here, i.e. The Belgariad in 2 days.

semi-pro waster · 31-01-2008, 21:35

Since there isn't an option for occasionally I've had to vote yes, I do read text messages sometimes as if the mate who sent it was speaking it but it is only for some people and it is usually just because of a funny turn of phrase. However when I'm reading a book I almost never imagine a characters voice reading it unless I'm deliberately trying to, I also tend to read pretty quickly when I am reading a novel but I go through quite long periods where I won't read any novels at all.

divine · 31-01-2008, 22:29

I don't hear a voice, i've always been a fast reader throughout school and still find at Uni most people seem to read noticeably slower than I do.

I was given the first four Harry Potter books a few years back for christmas, I finished all four within two days.

Garp · 01-02-2008, 01:51

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Originally Posted by Treefrog

Same here, i.e. The Belgariad in 2 days.

2 days? Hmm.. if I didn't have work, yeah I guess I could manage it in two days.

Damn this work thing, cuts in to so much quality reading time!

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31-01-2008, 14:21	#21
Tak L'Oréal Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 9,977	I hear the words the same way I think thoughts if that makes sense... I've been told I'm a fast reader but I don't speed read or do it on purpose, I just read at what is a comfortable pace to me - it probably isn't that fast compared to a lot of people __________________ The look on your face when a toddler rips out your heart and shows it to you? Priceless.... For everything else, there's FWOOSH!

31-01-2008, 14:31	#22
Pumpkinstew Absinthe Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly Oxford, Sometimes Bristol Posts: 1,156	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subvocalisation I've started doing it since my A-levels as it slows me up during technical report reading and also helps me memorise things. I couldn't imagine reading a piece of fiction without the characters voices in my head. Although the female chracters all sound like Kathleen Turner. __________________ Get old, or die tryin' PSTEWREVIEWS - Chunks of Meaty Reviews, Mixed with Your Five a Day of News, Comment and Opinion, Floating in a Broth of Suspect Grammar and Seasoned Liberally with Mixed Metaphor. Tasty.

31-01-2008, 17:43	#25
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Whenever I read poetry I always hear it in a broad Yorkshire accent, of a bloke I knew at my old church whom I've heard recite poetry a few times.. I just love his way of reading, tone and pace. It perfectly compliments most poems. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

31-01-2008, 21:35	#28
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	Since there isn't an option for occasionally I've had to vote yes, I do read text messages sometimes as if the mate who sent it was speaking it but it is only for some people and it is usually just because of a funny turn of phrase. However when I'm reading a book I almost never imagine a characters voice reading it unless I'm deliberately trying to, I also tend to read pretty quickly when I am reading a novel but I go through quite long periods where I won't read any novels at all. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

31-01-2008, 15:41	#24
MarcLister Absinthe Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Leighton Buzzard Posts: 1,282	Voted that I does hear dee voyces. It annoys me. They tell me to kill people and not what a good book I am reading. Oh wrong thread? Seriously though, I do hear voices as I read a book. Severely annoying and I have to stop reading for a few minutes to make the voices go away.

31-01-2008, 17:56	#26
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I just don't read. Well, of course I do, but if there's a list of 'rules' that dictate how one should read quickly, I probably break all of them. By the time I've got to the bottom of page two in a book, I've probably forgotten what was on page one. Voices? Not sure really. I suspect I probably do, at least sometimes.

31-01-2008, 22:29	#29
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	I don't hear a voice, i've always been a fast reader throughout school and still find at Uni most people seem to read noticeably slower than I do. I was given the first four Harry Potter books a few years back for christmas, I finished all four within two days. __________________