#‘why are u giving two Greek gods as an example’ Percy Jackson kid. next question.
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(Wrt last post) If only to emphasize how my brain likes to give me insane pronunciations of things I 100% did the Persephone as “purse a phone”, I did Aphrodite as “a pro three dight” (not even the right order of letters???), suddenly had my brain decide yacht was yackt way after I’d learned how to say it, said the word crimson as “crime son”, and pronounced Bordeaux as “bore docks” after taking enough French to know that’s not how it’s said. I cannot highlight enough that I’m not dyslexic, I’ve always scored in the 90-99th percentile for english and reading standardized testing, I read unfamiliar words phonetically automatically, and was always reading both constantly and above my age group as a kid. It just so happens that I’m also dumb as all hell and if you show me a new word I will still find a bizarre and completely wrong way to say it at least 30% of the time. I’m simply stupid and bereft of brain cells or intelligent thought in most arenas of life.
#‘why are u giving two Greek gods as an example’ Percy Jackson kid. next question.#final answer on why is because I don’t slow down & read too fast so my first glance at the word is what I get stuck with in my head#but that only explains longer words. shorter words….. who knows. empty head.#mine#my hobbies include word games. I find taking vocabulary tests fun. when that one ‘how’s ur vocab’ test came around tumblr I was at 99%#percentile. you too can achieve this level of stupid while having a stacked deck. if you believe in yourself.#also I was untreated/undiagnosed for pretty severe adhd until I was 18 but idk if that would affect anything.
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