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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
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they were supposed to

0They turned the pages, which were 00yellow and00 crinkly00,00 and it was00 awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way 01font00they were supposed to02font00 -- on a screen, you know. And then, when they turned back to the page before, it had the same words on it that it had when they read it the first time.02br
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0 Words on the screen move - they scroll as you read. Words on paper don't. The children have only encountered words on screen so it seems odd to them that the words on paper do not move - the words are not behaving normally, as they are supposed to behave.

— Nona the brit

  • 0 Words on the screen move - they scroll as you read.
  • Words on paper don't.
  • The children have only encountered words on screen so it seems odd to them that the words on paper do not move - the words are not behaving normally, as they are supposed to behave.
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0 Words on the screen move - they scroll as you read. Words on paper don't. The children have only encountered words on screen so it seems odd to them that the words on paper do not move - the words are not behaving normally, as they are supposed to behave. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Words on the screen move - they scroll as you read. Words on paper don't. The children have only encountered words on screen so it seems odd to them that the words on paper do not move - the words are not behaving normally, as they are supposed to behave.12blockquote
10Thank you Nona the B
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