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Thread #63618 Message #2730979
Posted By: Emma B
25-Sep-09 - 05:54 AM
Thread Name: dyslexia jokes offensive?
Subject: RE: dyslexia jokes offensive?
As a 'classic' dyslexic, like the guests with this condition who have posted earlier, I don't find the jokes offensive per se - just unfunny as they simply don't describe the experience of dyslexia although they may be amusing in poking gentle fun at spoonerism or some kind of 'medical mondegreen' condition.
I learned to read quickly at an early age as I recognized the 'shape' of words in a specific context - for example pool and pond could be totally interchangable and am still a very fast and avid reader
But, I would (and still do) struggle with anagrams or even a simple word spelt in reverse which don't make any kind of 'sense' to me.
I experienced more difficulties in my professional training at university but, in my early career, all staff were required to use audio typists anyways and subsequently I rely on a good spell check programme - with some quite hilarious/embarassing typos from time to time :)
However rwo of the jokes made me laugh
Dyslexics of the world untie! - after I'd reread it :)
and
from JenEllen
How many dyslexics does it take to tell you that a joke is NOT about dyslexia?
'Em'