Re: CHAT: The Conlang Instinct

B Elliott Walker wrote:
>
> nicole>>>>>>
> And speaking of another really strange quirky thing:  I
> count letters, both in speech (my own and other people's) and especially
> in print.  It takes me a ridiculous amount of time to read anything
> because I count the letters in each word, each sentence, words per
> sentence, average letters per word, etc etc.  Does that have a fun name
> like synesthesia does?
> <<<<<<
>
> OCD? :-)
>
> uh, that sounds more like some sort of obsessive disorder to me, for all
> it's worth. how do you get through something as long as tolstoi's W&P doing
> that?
OCD *is* obsessive compulsive disorder, which is a big thing in my
family and yes I do display it as well.  And about War and Peace...I
haven't gotten through it yet, but I have made it through some really
long books with much aggravation.  Usually, if I'm the slightest bit
distracted from reading all I do is say the letters names in my head and
count them, but if I can devote total concentration to reading, I read
pretty quickly.

Nicole
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