dyslexia rant

[Fab Foodie]

maybe its full stop before smiley if after R but not if before Z like that thing i can never get right, A before E unless after something or something like that lol

You were doing fine until the 'lol'.

 

[summerdays]

My spelling is very poor at times, I have a vivid memory of getting zero in a spelling test aged 7 or 8. And some word I have mental blocks over how to spell them, such as amount, I now know is spelt that way but for most of my childhood I was sure it was ammought (weird that that now looks wrong!)

I agree with @Fab Foodie that correcting the spelling of the ones that cyclists get wrong could be useful, to help them look up those words online, if they need to look for further information, but it it shouldn't be done in a mocking way.

And @SatNavSaysStraightOn whilst I don't struggle as much as you I do do the number transposition thing. I can even see my brain doing it, when some gives me a string of numbers to write down, I might not write them down in the order given, sometimes I even leave a space in the right place and then put the right number in it so the number ends up correct but was written in the wrong order. This does cause problems which I know so if someone gives me a phone number I read it back to them (it doesn't work for them to read it twice to me I won't notice a mistake). There was once a time when it was relating to a court case and I could contact the solicitor as I had written the number incorrectly.

 

[coffeejo]

I try to stick to the philosophy that you shouldn't let the odd typo ruin a good post, but if we're talking accessibility, long paragraphs with little or no punctuation and a lack of capital letters (where appropriate) means I can't take it all in so I simply skip it and move on to the next post.

There's far more to effective communication than spelling and grammar, though it's worth pointing out (sorry if I'm TMNing anyone!) that a language's rules exist to ensure it's understood by and therefore accessible to all.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

@summerdays I have found if someone insists on reading a telephone number out to me (say over a phone) then they must, absolutely must only give me 2 digits at a time and if they read back to me my number and they have not given it to me exactly the same way I gave it to them, I can't tell them if they are correct! I also do the leaving a space and inserting to the left as well!

 

[coffeejo]

@summerdays I have found if someone insists on reading a telephone number out to me (say over a phone) then they must, absolutely must only give me 2 digits at a time and if they read back to me my number and they have not given it to me exactly the same way I gave it to them, I can't tell them if they are correct! I also do the leaving a space and inserting to the left as well!

Not just me *phew*

 

[SteCenturion]

I think you'll find that's womb, not woom.

Unless you were deliberately trying to tempt out the know it alls, ah sh!t you just have.

I had good grammer and punctuation drummed into me at school so I do always try to write correctly, even my very rare text messages are in the style of an essay rather than the nonsense that you'd normally expect from a teenager.

It means I do pick up on mistakes in posts I read on here, but I don't feel the need to publicly correct someone as the replies on this thread are in line with my thoughts. ie. there may well be a good reason for them.

The only ones I have occasionlly corrected are where a grammer nazi has tried to prove how clever they are but included a grammatical mistake in their reply, that's just too tempting not to.

Oh yes

I have no woom (room) in the house speech im pedant (see what I did again) & I have no woom (womb) child carrying facilities.

I tickle myself.

(Not in that way either)

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

@summerdays I have found if someone insists on reading a telephone number out to me (say over a phone) then they must, absolutely must only give me 2 digits at a time and if they read back to me my number and they have not given it to me exactly the same way I gave it to them, I can't tell them if they are correct! I also do the leaving a space and inserting to the left as well!

You'd have been rubbish as a train spotter then, having to write down and remember 5, 6 (or more) digit numbers, often in very quick succession!!

I might be crap at maths, but I am still good at remembering numbers!!

 

[subaqua]

@summerdays I have found if someone insists on reading a telephone number out to me (say over a phone) then they must, absolutely must only give me 2 digits at a time and if they read back to me my number and they have not given it to me exactly the same way I gave it to them, I can't tell them if they are correct! I also do the leaving a space and inserting to the left as well!

what about triple numbers ?

much easier for oh triple seven

than 07 77

i do it

Oh de de de, de de de , de de, de de.

 

[SteCenturion]

Its an ikea post??



I did?? What was it?? I don't remember per se.

Sumfink' 'n' nuffin' or sumfink'.

Didn't matter as I said, no biggie coz I kinda know you.

I might find it for you, but might not.

 

[Sara_H]

Interesting thread.

My OH has severe dyslexia. He is an exceedingly intelligent man, expert in his field with numerous publications to his name in his area of expertise.

Yet, his colleagues see fit to grumble about his writing. Though his writing is 'spidery' it's not a problem to read and I can see how much painstaking effort its taken him when I see his notes at work.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

what about triple numbers ?

much easier for oh triple seven

than 07 77

i do it

Oh de de de, de de de , de de, de de.

not a hope, and I have a phone number which has 5 * 7's in it, but it has to be done in doubles and or you write it down for me! Just can't process the information for some reason!

 

[craigwend]

the ones who complain wear special t-shirts ...

 

[SteCenturion]

Sumfink' 'n' nuffin' or sumfink'.

Didn't matter as I said, no biggie coz I kinda know you.

I might find it for you, but might not.

PM'd you MDB.

Not sure if it sent, take a look pls.

 

[Alex H]

I have found if someone insists on reading a telephone number out to me (say over a phone) then they must, absolutely must only give me 2 digits at a time and if they read back to me my number and they have not given it to me exactly the same way I gave it to them, I can't tell them if they are correct! I also do the leaving a space and inserting to the left as well!

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That's the default here - I'm so used to giving my home phone number that way it's gets a little confusing when someone reads it back 'British' fashion ( in blocks of 3 or 4) that I have to get them to repeat it a couple of times[/COLOR]. :smile:

 

[GrasB]

@summerdays I have found if someone insists on reading a telephone number out to me (say over a phone) then they must, absolutely must only give me 2 digits at a time and if they read back to me my number and they have not given it to me exactly the same way I gave it to them, I can't tell them if they are correct! I also do the leaving a space and inserting to the left as well!

NEVER give me numbers or letters in pairs. I will transpose them 50% of the time. More annoyingly I can't see the difference between two chars transposed unless the two options are next to each other. Say I'm wanting to type "on" I often have to type "on no" or "no on" & study them to work out which is correct. Sometime I end up using the dictionary function to find definitions because I can't which is which, I simply can't work out which order the letters are in! It's easier with is, in, to, etc. as the spell checker picks them up.