Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 23 days agoI bet we invented the word dyslexia so they won't know we're writing about themmessage-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down113
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareI bet we invented the word dyslexia so they won't know we're writing about themXeroxchasechase@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 23 days agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·23 days agoFrom Oxford Languages (what Google uses): late 19th century: coined in German from dys- ‘difficult’ + Greek lexis ‘speech’ (apparently by confusion of Greek legein ‘to speak’ and Latin legere ‘to read’).
minus-squareXeroxchasechase@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·23 days agoGood to know, in general, but the irony of this term is still funny to me.
From Oxford Languages (what Google uses):
late 19th century: coined in German from dys- ‘difficult’ + Greek lexis ‘speech’ (apparently by confusion of Greek legein ‘to speak’ and Latin legere ‘to read’).
Good to know, in general, but the irony of this term is still funny to me.