• @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    Hey, not knowing something isn’t wrong. It isn’t illiteracy to not have read whatever that is related to, remember the xkcd comic on today’s 10,000. I also only read the quote on lemmy.

    Now their response is not the best of course.

        • AlwaysNowNeverNotMe
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          01 year ago

          il·lit·er·ate
          /i(l)ˈlidərət/
          adjective
          adjective: illiterate
          unable to read or write.
          “his parents were illiterate”
          Similar:
          unable to read or write
          unlettered
          analphabetic
          functionally illiterate
          Opposite:
          literate
          ignorant in a particular subject or activity.
          “the extent to which voters are politically illiterate”
          Similar:
          ignorant
          unknowledgeable
          uneducated
          untaught
          unschooled
          untutored
          untrained
          uninstructed
          uninformed
          unlearned
          unread
          unenlightened
          benighted
          backward
          nescient
          Opposite:
          literate
          knowledgeable
          uncultured or poorly educated.
          “the ignorant, illiterate Town Council”
          (especially of a piece of writing) showing a lack of education, especially an inability to read or write well.
          “as you can see, I have corrected your misspelled, illiterate letter”

          It doesn’t simply mean unable to read or write.