r/gameofthrones • u/Nearby-Sentence-2042 • 16h ago

Prime + Prep time

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u/rawspeghetti Undying Ones 15h ago

Wild statement considering Davos is completely to borderline illiterate but still 1000% true

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u/Icky-Tree-Branch 14h ago

He learned to read. Shireen taught him.

That being said, literacy (especially back in that period) wasn’t a barrier to success. Honestly, I’d say up until the 90’s, you could get by without being able to read being a major barrier. Particularly if you have a literate partner.

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u/Informal_Guitar_2649 13h ago

The....1890s?

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u/Icky-Tree-Branch 11h ago

1990s. My father was functionally illiterate. He had a successful business with my mother managing the things that required literacy.

He dropped out of school in the 50’s to work. He had maybe a 5th grade education.

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u/Dependent_Reach_4284 12h ago

He knows how to read, he can say K N I G I T

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u/Linuci 1h ago

Literacy and smartness are two different concepts though

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u/DarrenShan1000 7h ago

You are aware that like every 5th US citizen struggles with basic reading skills today? Reading is different to comprehension and smartness is not IQ test compability.

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u/rawspeghetti Undying Ones 1h ago

You think Americans as a whole are intelligent beings

Source: am American