I've been following the mislabled thread on spelling and dysxia with some interest. My spelling is horrid, I've been gigged for it ever since I've been on the list. However, I've not taken insult for it because I generally consider the gigging to be good natured. Obviously, Erik is an exception to this, but since he seems to be able to find something wrong with just about everyone who differs with him, I don't take his insults too seriously. If Gautam or Julia or Rob or Debbie, or many other folks were to consider my thoughts to be way off base, I'd take it a lot more seriously.
So, my unsolicited advise to you Jan is that, by Erik insulting you as he has, he has initiated you in a club that contains some pretty decent members. Unfortunately, since it isn't very exclusive, it may not be prestigeous. Outside of that context, Ritu's statement would probably have been taken for either a genuine question, or a gentle gig, far gentler, in fact, than the type Ronn would give me....and I think Ronn's gigging me is usually pretty funny. On bad spelling and trouble memorizing being signs of dyslexia, I'm not so sure. I definately remember ideas better than facts, and my bad spelling is well documented. But, I'm also a sped redder, with very high comprehention. Indeed, on the SATs I scored in the top % for reading comprehension. My GRE score was lower, ~93 percentile, but that's not all that bad. So, I'm not so sure about the expanded meaning of dyslexia. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
