Mistaking left from right (and vice versa)?

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#187620 - 11/03/09 10:15 AM Mistaking left from right (and vice versa)?
DavidHill stranger Registered: 11/03/09 Posts: 1	Is there a word for mistaking left from right (and vice versa)?
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#187633 - 11/03/09 11:09 PM Re: Mistaking left from right (and vice versa)? [Re: DavidHill]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 10232 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Dyslexic? Welcome aBoard.
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#187641 - 11/04/09 06:38 AM Re: Mistaking left from right (and vice versa)? [Re: Jackie]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381	Dyslexia is an inability to recognize and comprehend written words. There may be some problems with distinguishing left from right but it's not a prime meaning of the word. I think we need another candidate.
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#187645 - 11/04/09 09:40 AM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: DavidHill]
zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 2270 Loc: R'lyeh	The only term I could find is right-left confusion, which makes immediate sense and is easier to remember than some Graeco-Latinate neologism. I also found a discussion (in the context of autism / aspergers) but only of the condition and solutions not terminology. I did find a whole slew of neurological disorders terms, though: e.g., anomia, agraphia, alexia, (I already knew of dyslexia and aphasia).
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#187647 - 11/04/09 10:03 AM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: zmjezhd]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6596 Loc: Vermont	searching for anomia brought up some fun old threads. good times.
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#187654 - 11/04/09 02:08 PM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1720 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA	Dave that's really a good question and one I have long wondered about though I don't have the patience to search through http://onelook.com/?w=*&loc=revfp2&clue=right-left+confusion _________________________ dalehileman
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#187656 - 11/04/09 02:38 PM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: dalehileman]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6596 Loc: Vermont	though I think the hyphen in that search algorithm probably excludes "left", no?
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#187671 - 11/05/09 12:55 PM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu]
dalehileman Pooh-Bah Registered: 07/10/05 Posts: 1720 Loc: Apple Valley, CA, USA	Aha, that's news to me, Buff, then I presume OneLook must consider the hyphen as a minus sign. I am mystified by the digital world and all its algorithmic convolutions but thanks for warning me, I shall desist from the practice _________________________ dalehileman
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#187676 - 11/06/09 05:59 AM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: dalehileman]
Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381	I know it does in, say, Google, but only if there's a space in front of it. If it is between two words it's supposed to restrict the search to looking for instances where the two words are right next to each other.
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#187681 - 11/07/09 09:49 AM Re: bilateral symmetrical anomia [Re: Faldage]
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6596 Loc: Vermont	good thought, Faldage, perhaps dale will test it.
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