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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
I apologise if that title is offensive to genuine dyslexics, but I can't think of another way to describe it. I mean, what happens when you see a word and inadvertenly read another. I often read 'photographers' as 'pornographers'. Today I was just about to put a Morrison's syrup pudding in the microwave when I read the blurb that said it had a 'sickly syrup sauce'. Actually it said sticky, but it was enough to put me off.

Any other examples?
 

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Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :
 
I invariably read shop outfitters as shoplifters.
 

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Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
I received a very apologetic letter of thanks from someone when I pointed out that they'd managed to advertise for an Acocunt Manager...

AG
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
I came across a review of a Restaurant where the writer had not been too keen on the Ministerials wandering around the place and singing.
 

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Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
Oh goodness, that remins me of the day I visited my local shop and found all the staff sniggering vigorously at the menu a very fancy local restaurant had circulated.

They were adding a range of Chinese dishes and obviously wanted to make the service particularly personal as the menu included Szechuan Spicy Fuck.

AG
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 

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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
the menu included Szechuan Spicy Fuck.

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Originally posted by Firenze:
Brings to mind a holiday rep in Minorca trying hard to sell us the delight of an evening of flamingo dancing.

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I think I might enjoy watching that.

Moo
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
I hope Heavenly Anarchist does not read this thread. Down in All Saints I read her name as Heavenly Antichrist.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
My mother, daughter and I are all dyslexic. It can be really funny if we are in the car together and read a billboard wrongly the same way! That actually used to happen a lot when D-U was younger and we traveled together more frequently. I think it's partly the processing, and partly the very short period of time we have to read the sign. (We've been known to turn around to drive by to see what it really said.)

For instance, "If two feet of water can wash your car away..." (a flood insurance ad) looked like, "If your car can wash your two feet".

It can be very entertaining!
 

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
There is a thread title down in Ecclesiantics in which my brain replaces the l with an i.
 

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Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
Back, I think, to what this thread is really about , I've just read the title of this thread as "Become an Anglican this Sunday" - which conjures up a totally different mental picture. Churchswapping, anyone?

AG
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 

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Originally posted by Angloid:
I apologise if that title is offensive to genuine dyslexics ...

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You didn't offend this genuine dyslexic.

Dyslexics Untie!


 

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Posted by Adeodatus (# 4992) on :
 

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Originally posted by Boogie:

Dyslexics Untie!

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Took me a couple of seconds ...

This reminds me of a cartoon I once saw. A man shaking a charity collection tin, carrying a big placard saying "DAILY SEX - please give generously". And his wife is saying, "I think you'd better let me spell 'dyslexia', dear."
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
I just was delighted to see a sign saying "Watch for exciting vehicles."

Turns out the word was "exiting."
 

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Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :
 
Looking at the adverts in Church Times, I was a bit advertising for a priest made a point of
 

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Posted by St. Gwladys (# 14504) on :
 
Sorry!!! Getting used to a new laptop. What I meant to say was that I was surprised to read that one parish advertising for a priest had made a point that it had a good "refrectory". What it was actually describing was its "rectory" I did wonder!
 

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Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
Over on a photography forum (whose parent magazine the longer-memoried may recall was known as "Amateur Pornographer), I've just read a thread called "Depth of field for portraits" as Depth of field for potatoes.

I think it's Freudian...

AG
 

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Posted by Lothlorien (# 4927) on :
 
The top of the Compose page in Gmail has a phrase "draft autosaved." Totally unprompted by anything I can think of at all, I read that this morning as "draft autoclaved."
 

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Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
I saw a (bumper?) sticker (stuck on the pavement, actually - and that my approach meant I was reading it upside down, maybe this is more excusable) that said, "Two waffles are better than four" - or so I thought. Curious in what universe two waffles could possibly be better than four, I looked more closely. It said "wheels," not waffles, and was a pro-bicycling, anti-driving sticker.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Yes, and they're busdy rebuilding the station at the moment.

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I enjoyed the video of the new train shed going up.

I see things funny sometimes, but cannot think of them a day later!
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
I've kept every one of my dyslexic children's hand-made birthday cards given to me with "lost and lost of love"
 

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Posted by The Kat in the Hat (# 2557) on :
 
Not quite dyslexia, but did anyone else happen to watch the coverage of Margaret Thatcher's funeral on the BBC News channel (I think)?
I caught some of it in a hospital waiting room. The sound had been turned down which is why I presume the auto-text was on.
Apparently the Chancellor had to wipe a cheer from his face; the congregation sang traditional hens; crowds lined the streets - ten died; and Big Ben was silenced for the first time since Churchill was worried.
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
The auto-text is always worth watching. There have been some wonderful moments on it. They probably deserve a thread to themselves.
 

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Posted by Moo (# 107) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ariel:
The auto-text is always worth watching. There have been some wonderful moments on it. They probably deserve a thread to themselves.

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However, if you really need it because you can't hear, it's extremely frustrating.

Moo
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
Someone called me stupid and bigoted -

Well I'm not stupid, I'm just dyslexic. And I can't help it if I have big toes.


 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
I always feel sorry for the poor children named Lousie.
 

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Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on :
 
I keep misreading the thread titled "Big body squad" as "Big body squid". Very interesting image there.
 

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Posted by basso (# 4228) on :
 
I also read Heavenly Antichrist whenever I see that shipmate's name.

And Lyda's old strapline 'bareroot floribunda' always looked to me like 'barefoot floribunda'.
(Hi, Lyda!)
 

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Posted by Nicolemr (# 28) on :
 
Basso, I think I only just now realized that it _wasn't_ "barefoot"!
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 

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I always feel sorry for the poor children named Lousie.

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Originally posted by Nicolemr:
Basso, I think I only just now realized that it _wasn't_ "barefoot"!

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I should have asked her what it meant last time we met! I am no gardener and the real sig never caught my eye...
 

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Posted by Surfing Madness (# 11087) on :
 
Yesterday morning when I was following the bible reading in church I mis-read Mahanaim as Manhattan. There is a reason why you would never get me to read aloud in church!
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
I remember well the Pentecost a reader mistook the list of people who heard in their own language (Acts 2:11) so we had

"Cretins and arabs"
 

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Posted by Jigsaw (# 11433) on :
 
I was reading an article about the singer Mel Torme which described his voice as "The Velvet Frog". Then I looked again and realised it was actually "Velvet Fog".
I still prefer the first version.
 

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Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :
 
I get "cavalry" and "Calvary" mixed up every single time I try to write or say either one. Granted, neither word comes up all that often in ordinary conversation but it has happened.
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 

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Originally posted by Jigsaw:
I was reading an article about the singer Mel Torme which described his voice as "The Velvet Frog". Then I looked again and realised it was actually "Velvet Fog".
I still prefer the first version.

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Here you go!
 

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Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on :
 

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:

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Originally posted by Baptist Trainfan:
Yes, and they're busdy rebuilding the station at the moment.

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I enjoyed the video of the new train shed going up.

I see things funny sometimes, but cannot think of them a day later!

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