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Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 5, 2000, 2:44
Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> 89% strikes me as pretty darn *high,* but then, my head sometimes get > stuck in medieval history. <laugh>
I have a hard time believing these figures. I suppose that people could be good at faking literacy, but I have a hard time believing that a tenth, or even a quarter according to John Cowan, could be illiterate, unless you're using a pretty narrow definition of literacy.
> If you want scandalously *high* literacy rates, go look at your average > *badly* written fantasy novel in a quasi-medievalistic society. <G>
Yeah, I've encountered those. Literacy was something *rare* in medieval times. P.S., I bought the current issue of Fantasy and Science-Fiction. Pretty good story. -- Florida: Home of Electile Dysfunction Palm Beach County: Putting the "duh" in Florida ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor