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On 10/12/12 11:37, Egon Spengler wrote:
Its a diagnosis thing - dyslexia involves not being able to perceive the positioning of the letters in words - phonetics doesn’t help and has been shown to slow down the progress of dyslexics.On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:12:56 +0000 Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:On 10 Dec, 2012, at 9:05 am, Rob Beard wrote:Well we could start using Klingon :-)I for one welcome our new insect overlords. -- Phil Hudson http://hudson-it.no-ip.biz @UWascalWabbit PGP/GnuPG ID: 0x887DCA63 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaqOne thing to be said for phonetic spelling is that it makes the lives of dyslexics easier. Indeed, in Spain and Italy (presumably Portugal, too), the amount of diagnosed dyslexics is vastly smaller than in the UK, for this very reason.
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