Just an observation
2007-01-26 07:53:44 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Blame the Latin Derivitives:
The word "dyslexia" comes from the Greek words δυς- dys- ("impaired") and λέξις lexis ("word"). People are often identified as dyslexic when their reading or writing problems cannot be explained by a lack of intellectual ability, inadequate instruction, or sensory problems such as poor eyesight.
2007-01-26 08:01:00 · answer #1 · answered by Aphrodite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure, my best guess is because whoever made the names up for these disorders are very mean and have a sick sense of humor. I bet the same person named Dyslexia and Lisp. Reading dyslexia if your dyslexic is as hard as say lisp when you have a lisp.
2007-01-26 07:59:46 · answer #2 · answered by Norman 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dyslexia is not blindness at all! It's a condition inwhich words can appear transposed.
2007-01-26 07:58:54 · answer #3 · answered by tonetones03 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very true.....also why is there only one word for Thesaurus? Or why do we have dictionaries to look up how to spell words?.....if we knew we wouldn't need the BOOK!!!
Dyslexia rules KO!!
2007-01-26 07:59:01 · answer #4 · answered by Confuzzled 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all it is not a form of blindness it's a reading disorder, and second it's not that difficult to spell.
2007-01-26 08:02:49 · answer #5 · answered by **brainy licious**J;-D 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because D.N.A. stands for National Association of Dyslexics
2007-01-26 07:58:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It's really "dsylxeai".
No, really, it's easy. "dys" is a prefix meaning improperly functional, and "lexia" is from "lexical" or "lexicology", having to do with words.
So, someone with improper word functioning, so to speak, is "dyslexic".
A better question is, why is "abbreviation" such a long word?
2007-01-26 08:03:14 · answer #7 · answered by T J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is mnemonics so hard to spell? And who's sick idea was it to put an s in lisp? Why is abbreviation such a long word?
2007-01-26 07:59:06 · answer #8 · answered by SquirrelBait 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much easier in German, where they picked another two Greek syllables to describe the symptom: "Legasthenie".
P.S. There was this dyslexic who walked into a bra....
2007-01-26 10:44:30 · answer #9 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I made the mistake of visiting a dyslexic tattooist and now I've got love and heat across my Knuckles!!!!!!!
2007-01-26 08:22:14 · answer #10 · answered by motomarco9999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋