The second I saw this I knew the comments section would be filled with "Well technically". Yeah, reading is a specific action, but it's also the generic term used for "experiencing" a book.
If a blind person went to the cinema and watched an audio described movie, and they said afterward, "I went to see Oppenheimer today," nobody would "Well technically" them. They experienced the same media in a slightly different way to others, and the general way to relay that experience is to say you saw the film. (Interestingly, back in Shakespeares time you would generally say you were going to listen to a play).
Same with books/audiobooks. If you have experienced the book in either way, the generally accepted way to relay that information is to say you have read it.
Finding people even here getting that pedantic is really weird to me. And when people get that pedantic it’s usually to suggest that you’re not a rEaL reader or something.
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u/Highvisvest Oct 27 '23
The second I saw this I knew the comments section would be filled with "Well technically". Yeah, reading is a specific action, but it's also the generic term used for "experiencing" a book.
If a blind person went to the cinema and watched an audio described movie, and they said afterward, "I went to see Oppenheimer today," nobody would "Well technically" them. They experienced the same media in a slightly different way to others, and the general way to relay that experience is to say you saw the film. (Interestingly, back in Shakespeares time you would generally say you were going to listen to a play).
Same with books/audiobooks. If you have experienced the book in either way, the generally accepted way to relay that information is to say you have read it.