The readers' analogue of -phone

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/2/2012 09:02 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>"X reader."

C'mon, Jon -- I wanted something obscure and Greek!  W Brewer has
been much more helpful.

:-)
Joel


>JL
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>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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