Actually, only 70% of adults in the UK are what you would term
literate.
- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jane Williams"
<janewilliams20_at_y...> wrote:
> > Come on Jane, the society is not illiterate, its just that most
> > people (85%) can't read or write.
>
> Exactly. The *society* is illiterate. If you want "everyone" to know
> something, written instructions will not help. Unlike the society we
live
> in, where literacy is assumed of every adult. We have (at least, I
hope) 85%
> literacy: they have (at least) 85% illiteracy.
>
> And therefore, the spelling of Broyan/Brian/Brion's name is
completely
> irrelevant and meaningless to Orlanthi society, almost certainly
including
> him.