The readers' analogue of -phone

[Jonathan Lighter]

"X reader."

JL

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> An X-phone is someone who speaks language X, sometimes with the
> connotation of "native" or preferred language.  What is the analogous
> term for someone who reads language X?
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> Joel
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