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This could be a bit discriminatory, Brazil has a high analphabetism rate, it will be worst in prison, I suppose. The ones who can't read should be offered cours

by yawaworht1978 5y ago

This could be a bit discriminatory, Brazil has a high analphabetism rate, it will be worst in prison, I suppose. The ones who can't read should be offered courses and maybe start with easy comics.

someperson 5y ago
> analphabetism I've never heard that word before. It's a synonym for illiteracy.
- caenn 5y ago
  It's more commonly used in rummage languages, illiteracy is not really used (in the same way that analfabetismo is not used in English)(my swipe keyboard even used the Portuguese version!).
- beardyw 5y ago
  Me too - which is ironic in this discussion. Not sure I am too convinced by it, it seems to derive from unfamiliarity with the alphabet. In small children at least familiarity with the alphabet is not the same as being able to read.
  - lbebber 5y ago
    The word “literacy” also derives from familiarity with letters, but from latin instead of greek.
- oscargrouch 5y ago
  I was trained to understand that illiteracy in English means someone that cant read or write, but if it was translated as-is, illiteracy means "iletrado" -> someone "without letters" which in my mother language doesn't mean that someone cant read, but a broader category of people who cant read together with people who have very a poor language understanding and communication skills. Some illiterate 'iletrado'(for us) in some cases can read, but might not understand it very well. That might explain why the OP used the given word because in some languages its the definition that defines people who cant read.
  - thaumasiotes 5y ago
    > a broader category of people who cant read together with people who have very a poor language understanding and communication skills. We would be likely to call that second group "functionally illiterate".
- 10000truths 5y ago
  It’s used in many languages, particularly the Romance languages: Spanish - analfabeto Portuguese - analfabeto French - analphabète Italian - analfabeta German - Analphabet Romanian - analfabet Polish - analfabeta

This could be a bit discriminatory, Brazil has a high analphabetism rate, it will be worst in prison, I suppose. The ones who can't read should be offered courses and maybe start with easy comics.

someperson 5y ago

> analphabetism I've never heard that word before. It's a synonym for illiteracy.

caenn 5y ago
It's more commonly used in rummage languages, illiteracy is not really used (in the same way that analfabetismo is not used in English)(my swipe keyboard even used the Portuguese version!).
beardyw 5y ago
Me too - which is ironic in this discussion. Not sure I am too convinced by it, it seems to derive from unfamiliarity with the alphabet. In small children at least familiarity with the alphabet is not the same as being able to read.
- lbebber 5y ago
  The word “literacy” also derives from familiarity with letters, but from latin instead of greek.
oscargrouch 5y ago
I was trained to understand that illiteracy in English means someone that cant read or write, but if it was translated as-is, illiteracy means "iletrado" -> someone "without letters" which in my mother language doesn't mean that someone cant read, but a broader category of people who cant read together with people who have very a poor language understanding and communication skills. Some illiterate 'iletrado'(for us) in some cases can read, but might not understand it very well. That might explain why the OP used the given word because in some languages its the definition that defines people who cant read.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago
  > a broader category of people who cant read together with people who have very a poor language understanding and communication skills. We would be likely to call that second group "functionally illiterate".
10000truths 5y ago
It’s used in many languages, particularly the Romance languages: Spanish - analfabeto Portuguese - analfabeto French - analphabète Italian - analfabeta German - Analphabet Romanian - analfabet Polish - analfabeta