GrasB
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- Nr Cambridge
dyslexia rant
- Thread starter stuee147
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glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
akb
Veteran
- Location
- Potton, Bedfordshire
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Thats is all.
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Thats is all.
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Miss A_T had problems writing sentences that made sense at times because the ends didn't match the beginnings, but she's learned to get around it. People are sometimes very unforgiving.
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SteCenturion
I am your Father
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- The Dark Side of the Moon.
Hiya Blue.
Very much getting your drift there.
I am one of those who doesn't care any more.
If they want to they can, I will probably put them on ignore at some point anyway.
As I am thinking about this subject & believe me I am trying to be careful here, MDB commented on some grammar of mine only this week, not in an offensive way I might add.
As I kind of know MDB in a forum sense & believe struck up a good forum relationship (leave it out) with him I don't or didn't need to get into a heated debate over it. If the tone had been darker or I hadn't known what a wind up merchant he is, calling @Mad Doug Biker then this might have been different.
Out of interest, I took myself off to night school a few years ago to learn sign language as I felt I should try harder to be able to have the most basic interactions/conversations with the deaf.
Sign language is something else, very shortened, to the point & when translated sounds plain rude & quite an angry form of speaking.
So (and people don't like So to start a sentence do they) while sign language might be gibberish to us, it makes perfect sense to the deaf, much like dyslexia in a sense, sorry if that didn't come over too well, I really don't mean to offend.
It is high time for many of us to cut a little slack once in a while & just chill the £U€K out.
SteCenturion
I am your Father
- Location
- The Dark Side of the Moon.
@SatNavSaysStraightOn
Just read your post up thread & have to say I found it very enlightening.
To be honest until this thread came up I understood little about dyslexia other than basics.
To the vast majority of members I guess it matters little if you have errors in your posts as they always seem to come over in a bright & positive way, written without malice & with a good degree of intelligence.
Happy CC posting to you.
(Not trying to butter you up, happily nagged etc).
Just read your post up thread & have to say I found it very enlightening.
To be honest until this thread came up I understood little about dyslexia other than basics.
To the vast majority of members I guess it matters little if you have errors in your posts as they always seem to come over in a bright & positive way, written without malice & with a good degree of intelligence.
Happy CC posting to you.
(Not trying to butter you up, happily nagged etc).
classic33
Leg End Member
That sort of comment could be taken the wrong way, tha kno's.
This post makes an interesting point. When I ask myself why we use language I always think it's to communicate. Communication is about transmission, reception and understanding. Provided ones spelling/grammar doesn't disrupt any of the 3 elements in effective communication I don't see a problem.
I too have been learning a new language (Greek) and have found that literal translations into English can seem a bit odd. This shows me the richness of language rather that pointing me towards any thoughts of anything being wrong.
Some people seem to take too long to release the ligature in their minds that prevents relaxation. I released mine some years back and make frequent checks to ensure it isn't tightening again.
SteCenturion
I am your Father
- Location
- The Dark Side of the Moon.
Yeah probably classic.
There in lies the problem with forums to a degree.
Even if you are being ultra careful and don't compose your post perfectly, the reader might decipher your intentions somewhat differently & conclude that your a nob (not you classic) if you get my drift.
It can be hard work, but it's fun & as someone else posted we all share a common ground CYCLING, a little plagiarism there, but the poster had a point.
Happy CC foruming to you too.
(and no I won't have your babies) I don't have the woom
SteCenturion
I am your Father
- Location
- The Dark Side of the Moon.
Thanks.
I have been a little slow on the uptake at getting down with the kids IMHO WTF LMFAO.
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stuee147
Senior Member
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- north ayrshire
i can remember as a kid in my first 2 schools (back when you had infants, juniors, then senior schools) i was always accused of being lazy with my written work because im quite good with my spoken words the schools couldn't understand why i couldn't Wright anything without some rather silly mistakes, and no matter how many times i read something i still cant see anything wrong with it.
i was lucky as the senior school i went to had some great teachers and in the first year i had been tested and told i had dyslexia and i started getting the help i needed. but even with all the help throughout my senior school years when i left school at 16 years old i had the writing age of 8 and the reading age of 6.
with numbers im quite good i love working things out in my head even working vat out when buying things i find quite easy. but give me words and letters and i really struggle.
and i think that a lot of people dont realise just what dyslexia is most people seem to think its just that you cant spell but its so much more than that in fact you can be great with letters and words but be number dyslexic. the way im affected is i dont recognise letters and words they dont look like letters or words they look more like just shapes. its quite hard to explain. even to this day i get confused between b and d im fine if they are capitals but little letters i cant notice the difference. im not to bad when typing them because i know that b (B) is on the bottom line and d(D) is on the middle but if im writing by hand i quite often get them the wrong way around. and i do it without realising even if im copying something it will look fine to me but i quite often get letters mixed up.
stuee
i was lucky as the senior school i went to had some great teachers and in the first year i had been tested and told i had dyslexia and i started getting the help i needed. but even with all the help throughout my senior school years when i left school at 16 years old i had the writing age of 8 and the reading age of 6.
with numbers im quite good i love working things out in my head even working vat out when buying things i find quite easy. but give me words and letters and i really struggle.
and i think that a lot of people dont realise just what dyslexia is most people seem to think its just that you cant spell but its so much more than that in fact you can be great with letters and words but be number dyslexic. the way im affected is i dont recognise letters and words they dont look like letters or words they look more like just shapes. its quite hard to explain. even to this day i get confused between b and d im fine if they are capitals but little letters i cant notice the difference. im not to bad when typing them because i know that b (B) is on the bottom line and d(D) is on the middle but if im writing by hand i quite often get them the wrong way around. and i do it without realising even if im copying something it will look fine to me but i quite often get letters mixed up.
stuee
Someone up there ^ mention spell-checkers?
An Ode to a Spell Checker..."
I have a spelling checker
I disk covered four my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot see.
Eye ran this poem threw it.
Your sure real glad two no.
Its very polished in its weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a blessing.
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays comes posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore wee rote with checkers
Hour spelling was inn deck line,
Butt now when wee dew have a laps,
Wee are not maid too wine.
And now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
There are know faults in awl this peace,
Of nun eye am a wear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.
That's why eye brake in two averse
Cuz Eye dew want too please.
Sow glad eye yam that aye did bye
This soft wear four pea seas.
An Ode to a Spell Checker..."
I have a spelling checker
I disk covered four my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot see.
Eye ran this poem threw it.
Your sure real glad two no.
Its very polished in its weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a blessing.
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays comes posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore wee rote with checkers
Hour spelling was inn deck line,
Butt now when wee dew have a laps,
Wee are not maid too wine.
And now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
There are know faults in awl this peace,
Of nun eye am a wear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.
That's why eye brake in two averse
Cuz Eye dew want too please.
Sow glad eye yam that aye did bye
This soft wear four pea seas.
SteCenturion
I am your Father
- Location
- The Dark Side of the Moon.
Fr1ck1n hill hairy house.Someone up there ^ mention spell-checkers?
An Ode to a Spell Checker..."
I have a spelling checker
I disk covered four my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot see.
Eye ran this poem threw it.
Your sure real glad two no.
Its very polished in its weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
A checker is a blessing.
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when aye rime.
Each frays comes posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.
Bee fore wee rote with checkers
Hour spelling was inn deck line,
Butt now when wee dew have a laps,
Wee are not maid too wine.
And now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
There are know faults in awl this peace,
Of nun eye am a wear.
To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaws are knot aloud.
That's why eye brake in two averse
Cuz Eye dew want too please.
Sow glad eye yam that aye did bye
This soft wear four pea seas.
