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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Describing me #105405 06/12/2003 2:45 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus alexis member alexis member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus I have found a word that describes me quite well, and thought I would share it with you: hyperlexia means being able to read big words without understanding them, basically. I find I do this all the time... And as an aside, I realised a while ago that I have a most appropriate name - Alex - or aLex... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Describing me #105406 06/12/2003 2:50 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass roh oh! better plug this one into onelook, alex. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Describing me #105407 06/12/2003 3:08 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus alexis member alexis member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus I have been lied to! O my wounded heart! Who would have thought that a teacher could be wrong?? What a shocking thought... I am distraught. However, the -lex of my name still counts, I think. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Describing me #105408 06/12/2003 4:23 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Probably from Greek alexo -- ward off or defend, rather than anything to do with lego/lexis -- say, speak/speech, word Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Describing me #105409 06/12/2003 5:38 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus alexis member alexis member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 148 Melbourne, Aus everyone is ruining my nice little bubbles. Guess I should be thankful, really, before I make any more blunders... but perhaps, at its very heart, alexo and lego/lexis are related anyway? I still can't believe that teacher told me wrong! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Describing me #105410 06/12/2003 11:50 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass hang on another second--the medical dictionaries, Wikipedia aside, say this: In retarded children, the presence of relatively advanced reading ability. so it sounds like an idiot savant kind of thing; and your teacher wasn't that far off with his "being able to read big words without understanding them". it's just not a trait that I'd want to apply to myself. <g> Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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