On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 21:28:22 -0400 L.D. Best wrote:
>JJ, Sam, Eric, all ...
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>Then there is Eric's joke about dyslexia. I don't find it funny,
>because it hits too close to home for me. No, I don't have a learning
>disability nor do I have dyslexia... what I do have is brain damage due
>to lack of oxygen. I lost all my innate math ability [didn't need
>formulae to solve things, just went toward what was "right"] and more
>and more lately I've discovered there is a slight short circuit between
>what I am thinking and what my fingers are typing. It's not typos but
>words ... my brain sends a signal and before the signal is complete my
>fingers have typed the word. But I'll end up with a different word than
>I thought! I'm thinking something like "cartoon" and end up typing
>"caring" ... no spell checker could catch that. I try to go back and
>read what I've written, but since I know what words to expect, I often
>don't see the "wrong" words.
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Hi L.D.,
I really wasn't joking or poking fun at dyslexia. I am
constantly reversing letter and number order. I also have to think
really hard which is my right or left hand, or which is port or
starboard. It's not just a typo thing but it shows up there also.
Eric
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