>I am not stupid(have a law degree) >but somehow I can't spell some of the most basic of words >For instance, I can't spell a word like 'atrocious' without googling it first >As a result I avoid using these difficult words when I type as I can't be fucked googling the spelling all of the time >Even my vocabulary could be better by a lawyers standards >It takes me 5 minutes to write 3 sentences. I can't think of the words or sentence structure.
Why do I have problems spelling and with grammar(I had to Google this word like an idiot, case in point) and why can't I articulate myself well when writing and talking?
I never tested my IQ but I know I'm not low IQ. I can think in very complex and abstract ways but can't seem to articulate my ideas in a coherent way.
Hehe, neither can I OP. I guess your spelling issues might have something to do with the fact there are no strict patterns in how you spell certain words like those with repeating letters. Think occasion or words like awkward, I always forget letters and placement in words like those.
Christian Torres
>Think occasion or words like awkward Yes! This a typical word I wouldn't be able to spell without googling it first. Its so time consuming when you have to Google search every 5th word when typing or writing something.
Jonathan Hughes
How can someone be a lawyer and never heard of dyslexia? This is bait right?
Wyatt Morales
>dyslexia Yes, I have heard of this word. I was waiting for someone to mention this. Do you think I have it? I was born very premature, could this increase my chances of developing the disorder do you think?
Levi Howard
Also I was a very late talker and reader. I didn't start talking until I was 2 years old. Is it possible that I am dyslexic but it never got picked up?
Jose Fisher
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Samuel Hill
You're dyslexic user
Charles Gray
Is it even possible for a lawyer to be dylexic? Wouldn't I have been diagnosed by now? I mean I have gone under that radar because of spell check fixing up all of my mistakes on Microsoft word, but for written exams at university, my exams where always littered with grammar and spelling mistakes. Its a good thing examners don't mark down for poor spelling, they must just assume its the pressure for time in the exam making me spell so poorly and disregard it.
Nicholas Harris
Are you 25-35? You were born in a period before all this testing happened in school. You probably are intelligent and that is how you succeeded despite your issues. I'm the same. I have a degree, love to read the classics, breezed through Calculus and Linear Algebra but somehow can't spell for shit. I usually can come somewhat close and use right click on the word to find the correct spelling. You can get tested now. There might be some techniques that will help you deal with your problems.
Kevin Long
>Are you 25-35? Yes, I am 26.
>love to read I have read plenty of books for both school and leisure (another word I had to look up despite reading it a million times in my life) yet no matter how many times I write, see, or read the word I am never able to get it right. I used to simply attribute it to a poor memory, but how can someones memory be so poor. From everything I have written in this entire thread, I wasn't sure of the spelling of atleast approximately(another word I didn't know) 8 or 9 words and that's me trying to use words I know how to spell and keeping it simple.
Jayden Taylor
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Aaron Rivera
I’m not a retard either but as the years went on I had troubke visualizing words in my head. Boyfriend says it could Be a Type of dyslexia
Kevin Rodriguez
Where you porn premature? Even by a week?
Levi Collins
*born
Camden Rivera
Shameless BUMP
Benjamin Morris
Try getting tested for dyslexia.
Ryan King
Yeah I'll look into it. Any other anons with a similar problem please don't hesitate to give your input.
Luke Price
I share your pain. I have a PhD in English and years as a professor. Yet, while I can instantly spot a misspelling in someone else's writing, I can't be sure of my own spelling.
It might help to make a list of words you are likely to need to use in your work, all spelled correctly, to refer to. Meantime, thank God for spellcheck
Chase White
Thank you user, this puts my mind at ease. I dont feel as stupid. Isn't is strange tho?(I use the word 'tho' because I don't know how to spell the word properly without checking). Its strange in the sense there are so many words that I am spelling wrong that I was spelling wrong when I was 10 years old.
A word like eight i would keep spelling as eaight. Its really annoying...
Josiah Cook
No I don’t think it has anything to do with you being born early. I guess it can just happen to some people at an older age. When I try to spell a difficult word sometimes it’s hard to see it in my head
Justin Watson
>No I don’t think it has anything to do with you being born early.
I know the study only notes an increased risk of about 2% but that's for babies born at the 37 week mark. I would assume that because I was born at the 30th week, that my chances of having the disability would increase significantly.
Brandon Martin
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Jackson Myers
>I have a degree so I can't be stupid Cringe and yike-pilled Didn't read the rest
Gavin Reed
>Someone with a law degree can't spell basic words that a ten year old could spell Literally impossible. I meant I'm not stupid so much so that i can't spell some of the most basic words in the English language. Learn to read things in the context of which they are being written, you lazy brainlet.
Aiden Thomas
Another suggestion - make a two-step process of it. If you stop every three or four words to wonder about your spelling, you'll lose your train of thought and forget things.
So just pour it all out, without regard to spelling. Get it said and read it over just to be sure you've said what you wanted to.
AND THEN go back over it and check the spelling. Proofread, proofread, proofraed (Yes, I know). That may seem time-consuming but in the end it is more efficient and effective than checking your spelling as you go along
Bentley Gonzalez
>If you stop every three or four words to wonder about your spelling, you'll lose your train of thought and forget things. Damn, this happens all the time. Thats probably why I can't articulate my sentences as well as I would like. I keep on forgetting what to write next. That's why my work doesn't flow as well as it should. Problem is I make so many mistakes that I have to fix them as I go along otherwise I would end up throughing the entire page in the bin as it would take too long to correct
Gavin Davis
So did you go to a doctor to see what can be done about your dyslexia or are you still here. >typing >not letting spellcheck do the heavy lifting for you wew
Robert Ortiz
Spell check doesn't help a lot of the time. For example no matter how hard I try I can never grasp the different meanings of the words their, there, ect or which, witch ect or thought, thru, through ect or the one I hate the most is where, were, ect. Spell check doesn't fix these and I have to Google these literally all of the time. Also spell check will only fix words if they are spelt slightly off, but with a lot of words I am so off the spell check won't even give suggestions for the correct word. My spelling skills haven't improved at all from when I was 12 years old, and they where pretty poor to begin with.
Adrian Lopez
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Evan Brooks
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Christopher Rogers
Dyslexia. Had two friends with the same first name like this. I'll call them "A" and "B" for simplicity. "A" was formally diagnosed with dyslexia and the "B" did many things entirely backwards. Both were functional, had expansive active vocabularies, and wrote things often and even helped people edit people writing's.
"A" said that words don't follow the right patterns when he reads or tries to write them and a quick sentence from him can have all the right things he intended but in the wrong order. He also has problems with using the wrong name of people, even with 'B", who has the same name remember. "A" has serious dyslexia but he's able to manage as it's mostly visual for them.
"B" often would slip and read words backwards. Even write words backwards. Get him on a bad day he hasn't had sleep and he says sentences backwards. Most of his pen strokes are backwards even. "A" seriously thinks "B" is a functional dyslexic while "B" just doesn't care. The strange thing about "B" is he can read any text that's inverted, flipped, or both better than anyone I know. Anytime we'd play Smash bro's and the directional controls flipped because of something in the game he's kick my ass instantly.
Nathan Edwards
I called 'B" because he has a lot of experience with teaching people with disabilities of all sorts. He recommends more practice and spelling words aloud when you learn how they're supposed to be spelled. Something about the verbal aspect applying a different train of thought. Words you have real trouble with you may have to spell them aloud until you got it down pat. That's all he had time for and he said a lot of it fast. Said something about a muskrat in the yard.
