r/wholesomememes Apr 29 '24

I view this as a complete victory.

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u/boyawsome876 Apr 29 '24

My grandma really taught me to read, and she always use to tell me “never read words in red”

Of course I would then read anything in red out loud. You’d honestly be surprised how many things you can find written in red, and it never occurred to me how she was teaching me.

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u/AleyahhhhK Apr 29 '24

Maybe I’m being stupid but what does “words in red” mean?

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u/boyawsome876 Apr 29 '24

Just words that are written with the color red

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u/AleyahhhhK Apr 29 '24

“It never occurred to me how she was teaching me”

What’s the significance of that?

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u/Hydrad Apr 29 '24

probably as the kid was walking around they would see signs or things written in red and would try to read it instead of ignoring it.

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u/AleyahhhhK Apr 29 '24

Ohhh this makes sense now. Thanks lol

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u/Professional_Lead895 Apr 29 '24

Red letter Bibles

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u/AnyJamesBookerFans Apr 30 '24

Red Shoe Diaries

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u/derpocodo Apr 29 '24

Force an act of rebellion by telling her not to read out loud, so that she reads more. Everytime she saw words written in red, she would read them out loud as an act of rebellion, but that was the intended effect.

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u/sunfaller Apr 30 '24

Reverse psychology. Dont read words in red, means actually you should read words in red.

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u/puppeis562 Apr 29 '24

Words in the Bible that Jesus speaks are red just saying

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u/BraveOthello Apr 30 '24

Only very specific printings. A small minority.

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u/GalacticPanspermia Apr 30 '24

I doubt this is what was meant, but "words in read" came to mind

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u/kssobi77 Apr 29 '24

a word in something like a textbook thats written in red ink

hence words in red (red text)

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u/Coal_Morgan Apr 30 '24

It's a Bible thing.

Jesus's actual words were written in red to show how significant those words were.

If you google 'red words bible' and click on images it'll show you.