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<p>[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 18059, member: 103"]Susan -- I would have appreciated your mother! My own mother was superb at reading aloud; words unfamiliar to me seldom had to be explained, because her intonation made the meaning clear. The dictionary in my house was a huge, two-volume set which got quite a lot of use. I would look up a word, and then just keep on reading...and reading...and reading.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would that I had had a similar affinity for numbers...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 18059, member: 103"]Susan -- I would have appreciated your mother! My own mother was superb at reading aloud; words unfamiliar to me seldom had to be explained, because her intonation made the meaning clear. The dictionary in my house was a huge, two-volume set which got quite a lot of use. I would look up a word, and then just keep on reading...and reading...and reading. Would that I had had a similar affinity for numbers...[/QUOTE]
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