Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agoI bet we invented the word dyslexia so they won't know we're writing about themmessage-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down112
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareI bet we invented the word dyslexia so they won't know we're writing about themXeroxchasechase@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month 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-up4·1 month 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.