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As for my use of the term "illiterati," I think it goes without saying that within any field of art there is a wide spectrum of knowledge about said field.
Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (1990-2005) Adam Roberts 2010
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Just the fact that someone is reading books for pleasure is enough to not make them "illiterati" in this society.
Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (1990-2005) Adam Roberts 2010
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One nice thing about having paid "illiterati", sooner or later they crawl out from under the rock and self identify by what they post!
Moonbattery 2010
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Over the top rhetoric makes sense for the illiterati that the GOP courts to win their votes, but feeling the need to use it for the party power brokers is a disturbing new concept.
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Yet around this time each year I once again sense my “illiterati” status.
Once again, I’m an illiterati « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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Yet around this time each year I once again sense my “illiterati” status.
A Progressive on the Prairie » Once again, I’m an illiterati » Print 2009
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Email a copy of 'Once again, I'm an illiterati' to a friend
A Progressive on the Prairie » Blog Archive » Once again, I’m an illiterati » E-Mail 2009
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But again, one of my main points is that of the hundreds of thousands of WoT readers, not all of them are "illiterati."
Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time (1990-2005) Adam Roberts 2010
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The GOP, if they want to win the argument, and ostensibly, power, back from the Dems are going to have to figure out how to speak again to the educated, sane people in the majority of this country, and quit pandering to the cheap votes of the illiterati and the single-issue zealots.
Brian Ross: Reactionary Right Lose the Night with Wilson Back-Bencher Blast 2009
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Naturally, these Ivory Tower illiterati have developed a nearly impenetrable lexicon to pretend as if they are doing something meaningful.
Obama Pays to Treat Alcoholism in Chinese Hookers - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009
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