Ted I hadn't realised that having poor left and right sense[1] was an aspect of dyslexia - but it would explain why my two-fingered typing comes out so badly at times - although I can spot the problem immediately, for example, "teh" for "the".
How did I survive being in the cadets at school? And I was even selected to participate in a "guards" competition once - what mental agony! The worst example of the problem arose when first I had to drive "on the other side of the road"[2]. It wasn't actually the driving, that was easy; as driver I was seated on the side of the middle of the road[1]. The problem showed itself when my "passenger/navigator" tried to direct me with "turn left" or "turn right". To a UK driver, "turning left" is the easy one, following the curbside, whereas "turning right" is the difficult one, crossing the opposing traffic. Finally we agreed that "round the curb" or "cross the traffic" was a safer direction. This all happened in Daytona Beach and so we subsequently survived visits to the usual Central Florida sites. [1] Perhaps it's not so much a disability as - genuinely - a *different* ability. I've noticed that people who presumably have normal/good left and right sense can have difficulty with driving in the UK for the first time (and other "left-driving" countries[2]presumably). [2] If you might be interested why there isn't an universal standard, the following page is a good introduction. Note especially the bit about the influence of camels in Pakistan, "You can't teach an old camel new tricks", of conquest by cannon, tank and trade and of "political correctness". http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm Chris Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted MacNEIL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> Sent: Monday, 18 December, 2006 10:40 PM Subject: Re: Plurals and language confusion > >Probably for dyslexics who have more trouble when they read something than when they hear it. > > Dyslexics of the world, untie! > > Slogan of DAM (Mothers Against Dyslexia). > > > [I have been mildly dislectic most of my life. I still keep my change purse in my right pocket, so I can take the 'next right' when I come to it) > > When in doubt. > PANIC!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
