sybylyfyrysms

i wonder if there's a word for the fear of spelling errors. don't let the spell-checkers here get to you Maria. anyway, they often make an error while pointing out yours. just tell them to folk off. haha.

elvis:
"she told me she was working for the ABC news,
it was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use."

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sybylyfyrysms

dyslexia Will.....how did you manage to spell that then? please tell us about it.

i've always been dubious about dyslexia. i don't like labels at all. they give a place for people to hide and stop exploring what they are. -- at college they gave out free computers to dyslexics, and suddenly dyslexics were coming out the walls. some of them had just never voluntarily read a book before. others were suffering short attention spans from not coping with the sex-drugs-rocknroll. only one guy (sooo weird) had something else going on: his mind could only form image sequences; words just taunted and danced about and crumbled into the air. we tripped together so we could show each other our worlds. no words is a beautiful place. i can switch it on and off with some work. fundamentally, i have this word thing from my daddy. and his curiosity.

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Will

It's hard to say this without sounding a little patronising, but I wouldn't expect someone who wasn't dyslexic to understand it. Channel 4's highly misleading doc. about dyslexics didn't help matters, but the bottom line is it does exist and most dyslexics probably couldn't give a crap if you believe in it or not.

As for my spelling, google toolbar has an excellent facility for that.

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Bruv

Dont laugh....I have always though I was dyslexic with numbers.......I know my spelling can be poor.....but just try to get me to add a few simple figures.

If there is a word for it Syb....you will tell us...?

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skinny

I tell you what Syb I was just about to create a thread but you have just blew my mind.......it is better i take Bruvs advice and say nout!

ahwell

Whats she on ? Any going spare ?

skinny

flippin unbelievable

Bruv

I soooo wanted to say something......but took my own advice cos Sybs been so amenable lately.........then she drops that on us.....aint she cute?

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ahwell

In all seriousness there are many people that can have serious but undetected brain disorders that can cause dislexia wots its name that is only discovered much later in life. Tumours are a common one some of these can be languishing in the brain for 10 - 20 years before being diagnosed.

sybylyfyrysms

hey what have i done?

i hope i didn't hurt any feelings. i never dismissed dyslexia. i did show curiosity and acknowledge that something exists. but also the bandwagoners exist too. i was more making a point about labels. i was labelled and boxed by some 'experts' when i was a kid. i rejected it. still, not meaning to patronise, i wouldn't expect anyone who is not me to understand me either, but i still reach out and have a go. oh well.

i saw that documentary. they were looking for early signs in children. something like: "you can tell he's dyslexic by the way he moves his mouth when he reads." well i read out loud on the train. i was thrown out of a library for crying at a story (it was distressing the old men trying to sleep). i'm an official crackpot. forget it. g'night.

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