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Article #5377Re: "invention" of silent reading (McLuhan)
From: Christine Cooper
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:15
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 21:15
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> > (Part of the reason it's not so easy to read a Kufic Qur'an is that the > distinction between inter- and intra-word spaces is usually not (yet?) > observed.) ++++++++ I'm just guessing, but I lived in Malaysia for about six months, and so listened to the Qur'an several times a day. Could it be that any "spaces" in this particular context might indicate proposed "breathing spaces," rather than textual breaks, because the Qur'an is sung, rather than spoken? Christine
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