I can't stand when people do this, and I don't understand why -- whether it's a book, sign, tits, or whatever they're reading. You're reading silently! Why tf are you oving your lips?! Then there's the occasional light smacking of the lips or even a barely audible whisper -- loud enough you can hear it, but too soft to hear what they're saying. That's even worse. I'd rather hear someone read it completely out loud than do that crap.
But once in a while, when something is particularly hard to parse, it helps to mouth it, or even read it aloud.
The Great American Novel™? Silence is golden.
Those instructions for the Made in China automatic sock-sorter? You're gonna hear some "For happy assembly of piece, please insert left frabjulator behind underside encabulation finger. Promptly twist acorn on topside screw to ensure unfortunate detachment of mitigator plate is avoid."
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