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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

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

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 14 points 3 months ago

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 isAphantasia

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

So the answer for 18 across was aaaa?

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 3 points 3 months ago

Yep, the whole crossword puzzle is like that.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 3 months ago

The fear of long words is called "hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia."

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

That's awefull and hilarious at the same time!

[-] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I suffer from a very sexy learning disability.

What do I call it Kif?

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

sigh

Sexlexia.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

From Oxford Languages (what Google uses):

late 19th century: coined in German from dys- ‘difficult’ + Greek lexis ‘speech’ (apparently by confusion of Greek legein ‘to speak’ and Latin legere ‘to read’).

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Good to know, in general, but the irony of this term is still funny to me.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 8 points 3 months ago

What's this got to do about my Dyson?

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I don't want my son to dy!

[-] SorryforSmelling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 months ago

all those kinds of imparements are puns. like haveing a lisp. or to stutter. all speech and reading imparements are words that are hard to pronounce or read by the people affected. no idea why. just saying its the rule and no exception.

[-] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago
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