I prefer reading on my kindle because of the inbuilt dictionary.

you're a pleb for worrying if you are a pleb

>>8189440
You're a pleb for not reading Hegel directly from original manuscripts.

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You're a pleb for not building a time machine and listening to socrates firsthand.

I'm honestly curious how often you need to look up words. I look up a word maybe once or twice a month.

>>8189538

Non-native English speaker reading Virginia Woolf: 2-7 times per page.

>>8189547
Then you're not a pleb you're a language learner. Though I wasn't aware kindles could translate stuff.

>>8189538
I'm an illiterate physics major so I probably look up 10-20 words during a hour reading session

>>8189537
and saving Anne Frank while you're at it.

>>8189557
Why?

>>8189557
I like this meme

>>8189537
are these photos of a museum qt you waifud?

>>8189565
Because then she wouldn't have written that shitty diary. Only my diary is worth reading desu

>>8189548
(Not him)
Language learners can learn new words by reading their definition in English, they don't necessarily translate them.

>>8189565
To prevent a bad /mu/ meme

>>8189440
no, looking to expand your knowledge and actively engaging with the text instead of skimming and skipping things you don't know are very patrician

>>8189538
And that means absolutely nothing. You could be reading children's books for all we know.