Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoI bet we invented the word dyslexia so they won't know we're writing about themmessage-squaremessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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 year agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoYou think that’s fucked? The inability to pronounce “R” is called Rhotacism. If you have it you’re literally unable to say the name of it
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoRelevant XKCD 18 across says “every third letter in the word for “inability to visualise””. You’d need to figure out what word this is, and then visualise every third letter of it. Which you can’t do if you have it! The word is Aphantasia
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoSo the answer for 18 across was aaaa?
You think that’s fucked?
The inability to pronounce “R” is called Rhotacism.
If you have it you’re literally unable to say the name of it
Relevant XKCD
18 across says “every third letter in the word for “inability to visualise””.
You’d need to figure out what word this is, and then visualise every third letter of it. Which you can’t do if you have it!
The word is
Aphantasia
So the answer for 18 across was aaaa?