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Dyslexic in English but not in Chinese

Posted by michael on from the brown-group dept.

bmsleight writes "Research published in Nature and other sources has found that there is no one cause for dyslexia; rather, the causes vary between languages. The finding explains why one can be dyslexic in one language but not another language. Wow, time for me to learn Chinese."

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  1. Mandatory joke... by 1001011010110101 · · Score: 4, Funny

    About the Dyslexic agnostic insomniac that stays up all night wondering is there's a dog.

    1. Re:Mandatory joke... by gbjbaanb · · Score: 3, Funny

      or the dsylexic occultist who sold his soul to santa.

      I guess he'll get his reward in the afterli.. well, boxing day at worst.

  2. Re:There's a fundamental difference by gbjbaanb · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thus the b/d/p/q set shows a single form that occurs in four different orientations

    you obviously havn't seen my handwriting.

  3. Oh, what the hell. by falzer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dyslexics of the world, untie!!