Anyone else noticed....?
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Anyone else noticed....?
Anyone else noticed the word dyspraxia is not mention in a any dictionary, lol. But yet the word dyslexia is.
Actually:
dyspraxia
/dispraksi/
• noun a disorder of the brain in childhood causing difficulty in activities requiring coordination and movement.
— ORIGIN from Greek dus- ‘bad or difficult’ + praxis ‘action’.
SOURCE: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/dyspraxia?view=uk
Does anyone agree with this definition?
I dont agree that it is just in childhood, I think I am being a bit picky at this, lol aint really going to make a difference if I get it change anyway, the thing is though there just making it sound like it gets better has time goes on and eventually goes away (as people have told me before) but it can't do, I dont feel any better I just fount a lot of ways to get around certain problems.
dyspraxia
/dispraksi/
• noun a disorder of the brain in childhood causing difficulty in activities requiring coordination and movement.
— ORIGIN from Greek dus- ‘bad or difficult’ + praxis ‘action’.
SOURCE: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/dyspraxia?view=uk
Does anyone agree with this definition?
I dont agree that it is just in childhood, I think I am being a bit picky at this, lol aint really going to make a difference if I get it change anyway, the thing is though there just making it sound like it gets better has time goes on and eventually goes away (as people have told me before) but it can't do, I dont feel any better I just fount a lot of ways to get around certain problems.
There is a better definition than that in some of the larger dictionaries. I found an accurate definition in a HUGE (paving slab-sized) dictonary that was on special offer in Waterstone's. 'Special offer' was sixty pounds.
On a similar theme, dyspraxia is not accepted by Microsoft Word's spellchecker, whereas dyslexia is. (However, if you use an unfamiliar word enough times then MS Word automatically accepts it - I discovered this when I was writing Caged in Chaos and had typed in 'dyspraxia' for about the thousandth time.) I expect this is because dyspraxia only really came to prominence in the late '90s, with the publication of Dr Kirby's first book. The Dyspraxia Foundation itself was only established in 1984 - and it had only two members at the beginning. It takes time for knowledge to spread.
I've heard the "it's only real if it's in the dictionary" argument before. My response to that is that there are literally thousands of words - especially specialist medical terms - that do not feature in the dictionary. If they did it would be thicker than my waist. If this fails to convince people, I say, "So did gravity not exist before it was put in the dictionary in the eighteenth century?"
On a similar theme, dyspraxia is not accepted by Microsoft Word's spellchecker, whereas dyslexia is. (However, if you use an unfamiliar word enough times then MS Word automatically accepts it - I discovered this when I was writing Caged in Chaos and had typed in 'dyspraxia' for about the thousandth time.) I expect this is because dyspraxia only really came to prominence in the late '90s, with the publication of Dr Kirby's first book. The Dyspraxia Foundation itself was only established in 1984 - and it had only two members at the beginning. It takes time for knowledge to spread.
I've heard the "it's only real if it's in the dictionary" argument before. My response to that is that there are literally thousands of words - especially specialist medical terms - that do not feature in the dictionary. If they did it would be thicker than my waist. If this fails to convince people, I say, "So did gravity not exist before it was put in the dictionary in the eighteenth century?"
I think it would help people understand the whole thing a little better though if little things like this are taken care of. Thanks for you view on it Parnassus, not heard from you in a while, are you planning on writing any other books at the min? I am writing loads of different screenplays at the min its such hard work.
[quote="SomeT"]Actually:
dyspraxia
/dispraksi/
• noun a disorder of the brain in childhood causing difficulty in activities requiring coordination and movement.
— ORIGIN from Greek dus- ‘bad or difficult’ + praxis ‘action’.
hah what's my excuse then???
I watched balderdash and piffle on the telly - about getting words in tyhe dictionary and it was really complicated you had to get loads of evidence. not my bag!
maybe ; a disorder of the brain causing difficulties with organisation and sequencing of physical and mental tasks ??? is that better
seriuosly I've been trying to come up witha 1 liner for ages now!
dyspraxia
/dispraksi/
• noun a disorder of the brain in childhood causing difficulty in activities requiring coordination and movement.
— ORIGIN from Greek dus- ‘bad or difficult’ + praxis ‘action’.
hah what's my excuse then???
I watched balderdash and piffle on the telly - about getting words in tyhe dictionary and it was really complicated you had to get loads of evidence. not my bag!
maybe ; a disorder of the brain causing difficulties with organisation and sequencing of physical and mental tasks ??? is that better
seriuosly I've been trying to come up witha 1 liner for ages now!