Re: CHAT: The Conlang Instinct

"Grandsire, C.A." wrote:
>         To give you an example, in the title "Emoticons for Geeks", for two
> days I read "Greeks" and nothing could prevent me for reading that. And
> each time the word appeared I read "Greeks". I was nearly about to ask
> why using the word "Greeks" for that when this morning I finally
> realised it was actually "Geeks".
That happens to me occasionally.  I have a suspicion that that happens
to everyone at one time or another.  What often happens to me is that
I'll miss a pun, because I'll read the IMPLIED part.

Also, I have the problem occasionally with what you were saying about
being unable to understand a sentence, tho that often applies to speach
as well.  Usually I get it after a brief moment, maybe half a second to
a full second it'll suddenly "click".  But with reading, I'll sometimes
fail to see a word or two, even important words like "not", which can
make a HUGE difference in the meaning of a sentence!  :-)

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