clifto wrote: > I just noticed. In the 1880 census, there are two columns, one for "Cannot > read" and one for "cannot write". What does it mean for a person to be able > to read but not to write? I can read danish bu I can not write it very well I read german french swedish icelandic faeroese but write none of them > who but(And probacan writebly rhetorically, what about a person who can write not read? idiot!!! children learn language by the natursal method which follows a logical order first listening then imitation . . understanidng may precede speaking as ascience student we were necouraged to read papers in any old language and gte the gist of it Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

"Hugh Watkins" <hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in message news:618sjfF1ub10bU1@mid.individual.net... | clifto wrote: | > I just noticed. In the 1880 census, there are two columns, one for "Cannot | > read" and one for "cannot write". What does it mean for a person to be able | > to read but not to write? | I can read danish bu I can not write it very well | | I read german french swedish icelandic faeroese but write none of them | | | | > who but(And probacan writebly rhetorically, what about a person who can write not read? | | idiot!!! | | | children learn language by the natursal method | which follows a logical order | | first listening then imitation . . | understanidng may precede speaking | | as ascience student we were necouraged to read papers in any old | language and gte the gist of it | | Hugh W Hugh, I assume those were not typos above, but were designed to show us that we could read even if someone could not (properly) write? Henry