How fast can you read?

[BugsyB]

Im slow when i want to think about it but i can speed it up if i just want to scan it lol

does anyone else do this? hehehe

 

[newage]

really fast really really fast. I talk even faster! )

 

[BugsyB]

hahahahaha cooool babe

 

[Tom]

I read so fast that I don't have time to count the words to know how fast I'm reading.

 

[prinz4ming]

Im slow when i want to think about it but i can speed it up if i just want to scan it lol

does anyone else do this? hehehe

Same here... also depends on how interested I am... Read harry potter 7 in around 3 n a half hours. But takes me around the same to read 20 pages of a medical text!...
lol

For sustained readin, i think my best was the whole Sword of Truth series in around a month and a half (there r 11 of them and each one is at least 500 pages)

Talking bout readin, r there many ppl who skip to the end first? Never done it myself, coz it ruins the whole book for me. Re-reading is of course a different matter...

 

[Haplo]

Depends on my mood and on the book... Usually I try to slow myself down so I can savour the book and make it last longer... Otherwise I think that on the speed-level my best was a year ago, right before the final high school exams: to distract myself I was reading a book each evening, which means around 400 pages in 3 hours every day for two weeks... :blushing:

 

[bloop2]

I can read really fast.. but whats important is what do you really or can you really take in if you don't take your time? So I take my time

 

[slimjim]

I don't watch TV..



Tell 'em Michael:

 

[Tjerk12]

I am in fact a terrible reader. Not that I am dyslectic, but I have troubles to concentrate on a text. I am a lot quicker writer than reader.

 

[tomba]

I read pretty fast but it depends what I'm reading. If it's an exam paper or something official, I deliberately take my time.

Can anyone here read things which are upside-down? Letters and doents on desks in front of people for example. I do that without thinking and I'm usually half-way down the page before the person notices what I'm doing. It's probably really rude but I still do it.

I thought most people could read upside-down text but I was told they couldn't.

 

[BugsyB]

So you guys are saying you can decide on the pace of reading --depending on the text, you can slow the process, or speed it up. You can even put the book down and just reflect ob the words. Cool.

But what about TV. Especially informational TV --news and doentaries. How passive do you feel when watching TV? Do you reflect on TV images and words --do you pause a TV program to allow for reflection and assessment? Or is TV just a blur?

Do we read too much, and watch too little TV...

Or do we watch too much TV and read too little?

How much does reading effect you, versus how much does TV effect you/your outlook, and vice versa?

i guess that would depend on a few things...hahahaha

I read pretty fast but it depends what I'm reading. If it's an exam paper or something official, I deliberately take my time.

Can anyone here read things which are upside-down? Letters and doents on desks in front of people for example. I do that without thinking and I'm usually half-way down the page before the person notices what I'm doing. It's probably really rude but I still do it.

I thought most people could read upside-down text but I was told they couldn't.

and yes i can read upsidedown

 

[slimjim]

For those who have not seen this before:
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Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
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[BugsyB]

hahahahahaha...tahs sutpid jmi