Re: .. dyslexia (totally OT!!)

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From: Oz
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In article <20000222.1755.10518snz@michaels.demon.co.uk>, Michael Salem
<4ms2u$ms@michaels.demon.co.uk> writes

>Or does regularity of spelling have nothing to do with dyslexia?

I can't speak for all dyslexias. However in my family the regularity of
spelling is the major obstacle, I would say. It is perhaps unfortunate
that irregularly spelt words are by definition common and are come
across at a relatively early age. Long and complex words tend to be much
more phonetic and thus offer much less of a problem.

It's also quite interesting that my kids and I (or is it me?) were
relatively low down the class until aged about 13 whereupon we all
steadily rose. These common irregulars were learned  before 13 (in
theory) so some sort of late interlectual development may be something
to do with it. Having said that even at my advanced years it is a
constant battle to spell correctly and my daughter's IQ measured at age
10 was very high despite her relatively (at that time) low position in
the class. It's definitely very odd.

Judging from several of the posts here this is not atypical even where
(as in my case) dyslexia wasn't even invented, let alone tested for.
What's more spelling was marked heavily, with a lot of marks attached to
it, when I did 'O' levels whilst today it's often only 2%-4% of the
marks, even in english so it's less of a liability than it was.

-- 
Oz

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From: Oz <Oz@upthorpe.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: .. dyslexia (totally OT!!)
Date: 2000/02/23
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