Re: OT but essential Cut, paste and moving text isn't quoting

From: Katherine Griffis-Greenberg (egylist_at_deadspamgriffis-consulting.com)
Date: 08/25/04 

Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:53:40 +0100

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:36:27 -0500, "t(nospam)kavanagh"
<"tkavanag"@(nospam)indiana.edu> in sci.archaeology, wrote the
following:

When Inger wrote:
>> why on Earth do you pick on a person you know to be dyslectic for
>> misspelling?
>
>Because you should know better. I don't "pick on" PD's misspellings
>because he openly declares that he doesn't care about spelling. However,
>you proclaim your English to be better than native speakers, and so you
>become fair (or rather huge) game.

Plus there is some doubt (in my mind at least) as to whether or not
Inger is truly dyslexic. As I noted before, dyslexia basically is the
difficulty in comprehending words. It is characterized by difficulties
with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and
decoding abilities.

Dyslexics have problems with foreign languages as well - they cannot
read their own language, so learning a foreign one, which requires both
reading comprehension AND translation abilities would be well beyond
their capabilities. Yet Inger maintains she can read her own language
[Swedish] very well, as well as English, several medieval languages,
and Latin, etc. Further, she posts that she can clearly distinguish
between British- English and American-English in her posts, which is
also not the sign of someone dyslexic.

In adults, one of the telling signs of dyslexia is a reluctance to write
at all (thus, not true of Inger). Inger, however, claims to have taken
honours in her undergraduate studies in History, as I recall, as well as
a MA (almost) in History and Religion, and have written several papers
on her subjects, etc. Please note that in a review of her Google posts
she _specifically_ claims to have *written* these papers, articles,
etc., rather than passing her classes via oral examinations (which is
the most common accommodation for a dyslexic in every university of
which I am aware).

She also claims to have taught classes as a teacher in a variety of
verbally based topics - History, Geography, Religion and Civics <?>.
This again is not the sign of a dyslexic, either, according to most
dyslexic studies, as they will normally avoid verbally based professions
which require reading and writing throughout most of their lives.

So, why Inger claims she is dyslexic is beyond me (since she does not
exhibit any of the classic symptoms of dyslexia), except that she brings
up the topic every time she is asked to support claims she makes with
citations and other evidence, or is brought up short on her "legal"
knowledge.

My opinion, and FWIW. 

-- 
Katherine Griffis-Greenberg
Oriental Institute
Oriental Studies Doctoral Program [Egyptology]
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
http://www.griffis-consulting.com

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