Thank you for all the Welcomes.
rhubarb_crumble: Thanks for the welcome and I'm glad you like the username. I did this random/silly/spam story e-mail thing and in the story the phase 'bear ate my coffee' was said by the characters when they where in a bad or sad mood caused by bad luck or unexpected/unplanned events (e.g. Computer breaking down before printing or saving the school project you worked on all night or being caught in a sudden storm with out an umbrella). I made up the term based on how coffee addict people aren’t happy until the get that first glass of coffee in the morning and on how a bear eating your coffee in something unexpected. After that I got a picture of a bear in my kitchen eating coffee got stuck in my head so I started using as my name on the internet. I actually hate the taste of coffee although I like the sound of the word coffee
Oh dear I rumbled on a lot didn't I. Sorry about that. Anyways my speech has also improve a lot over the years I still have trouble pronouncing some sounds but I'm very happy with my progress
Thanks again, I'll hear you around.
Daniel: Hello and thanks for the welcome. Ah yes the commonwealth games. Australia was pretty excited about being the venue this year. I'm not much of a sport fan but I find the Driving and gymnastics interesting to watch and Australia got over 200 medal which is crazy (in a good way). As far as I understand (I may get it wrong I only just started learning more about it) verbal dsypraxia is when the brain doesn't receive the messages to move the speech organs (tongue, mouth, etc) probably so they end up in the wrong position causing problems with pronunciation.
nick: Hello. I get frustrated some times over not being able say some words and sounds however not so much at me. I fall into the 'why me?' trap and wonder why I was 'cursed' with this problem when everyone around wasn't. However I'm learning the Dsypraxia doesn't reflect my how smart I am or who I am as person. I'm also glad you leant you have Dsypraxia and it not your fault you have this problem.
Tortoise: Hello Tortoise, yes Australians can be pretty awesome. My problem with speech is clarity too as well as pronunciation with adds to the clarity problems. I had weekly speech therapy in early primary school and my speech can now be understood most of the time.
david456: I mess up my speech and talk fast when I got nervous too. It's common thing some people do when nervous although Dsypraxia may make it a bit worse because I read the harder a person with dsypraxia tries to say a word or is pressured to say a word correctly it can make the speech worse.
fuzzy: It's nice to meet you too fuzzy. I'm very interested in finding out how and why things are the way they are and function how they do. So naturally I'm enjoy learning about anatomy and science. I like to read a bit about these things when I have spare time some of it is really complexes and I don't understand all but I still have fun trying.
Im studying the history of sceince and medicine just now; tis FASINATING! (you may be interested to know, if your not tell me to zip it!)
Not interested in knowing, Zip it!
JUST KIDDING I'm interested, it really does sound like a fascinating subject. Getting to know all about how our understanding of science and medicine developed and theories and beliefs in the past etc.
keiraknightleyfan27: Hello and thanks.
My Favourite books:
Don't really have any at the moment I mainly read non-fiction books I do plan to get into reading more novels just need to find the time. I also enjoy reading fanfiction (fiction written based on a TV show, Anime, movie etc by the fans) and Manga (Japanese comic books)
My Favourite Movies
Not a huge movie fan but here are my favs:
-Donnie Darko
-Howl's moving castle
-Spirited Away
-Alice in Wonderland
and that's all I can think of. I would list my favourite sport teams but I’m not really into sport so I don't have any.
"I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it simply a tragedy."
the play: A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
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My name is Shanna. I'm Hermionefan5 on the dyspraxic teens and Matt's hideout websites. I'm 20 and I enjoy science, esp. anything to do with animals, writing fiction, reading, watching movies, sports.