Korect spelin

[Magic_Sailor]

It's just occured to me.

Why have we used a word like "dyslexia" to describe an inability to recognise and spell words?

Magic

 

[Rowana]

or Phonetics ??

Reminds me of a joke, but I'll keep it until friday

 

[tcm]

Hm. Perhaps because it's easier to say than "the condition pertaining to one having difficulty in instantly recognising, producing or decipering the written word", maybe?

 

[Landale]

OK can't resist it!

Did you go to a Goat Party dressed in a Toga?
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[Aardee]

Almost as bad as the dyslexic devil-worshipper who sold his soul to Santa

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[Riggy]

Or the dyslexic pimp who bought a warehouse!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ShipsWoofy]

ADIS don't die of dislexia /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[steve_l]

... or the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac, who lay awake in the middle of the night wondering...

is there a dog...? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[graham]

Ive been diagnosed as a bulimic amnesiac .I eat loads of food then forget to throw it up...

 

[Peppermint]

Re: Dyslexic abroad.

I'm dyslexic in several foreign languages. It's not that long ago that I made the mildly amusing error " Mal de Mere" on this very site.

 

[tcm]

Re: Dyslexic abroad.

hm, well seeing as how you can spell foreign, i'm not sure you are dyslexic at all, you tawt.

 

[jhr]

Mal de Mere

Kids' stuff!

I was once talking about the Boat Show to a French guy, and I explained that it was "un grand exhibition a Londres". He fell about laughing and, when he'd recovered, he explained that the French for exhibition is "exposition". "Exhibition" is the French for something rather different, usually involving a dirty raincoat, and an audience of one............

 

[Salty]

Re: Mal de Mere

I lived in France for a while and the local boulangerie employed a woman of Les Dawson-esque features and demeanour. Miserable was not the word (Les Miserable, maybe). So, one day, when being scowled at at the head of the queue I loudly pronounced 'une souris cout rein' and walked out to bemusement all round, having confused 'souris' (mouse) with 'sourire' (smile).

 

[stokes]

/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Dilesyxa fegrot cercort selinlpg, wrods hivang fuor lertets or mroe jsut get the frist and lsat in odrer and bngio

 

[sailorman]

I USED TO BE dyslexic BUT Im KO now /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Ships_Cat]

The origin of dyslexia is after the name of the first person diagnosed with the problem. He was Romanian who the psychologists thought was called Dys Lexia but whose actual name turned out to be Syd Aixel.

John

 

[snowleopard]

join the DNA (national dyslexia association)

 

[twodragons]

None of these post are anything on the tragic story of the Cornish Dyslexia school. Several Christmases ago the poor children had their wish lists delivered to Satan. So terrible. So needless.