# Dyslexia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyslexia/798796>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [October 14, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyslexia/798796 "2017-10-14T07:36:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 14, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyslexia/798796/1 "2017-10-14T07:36:45Z")

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In a column Cecil talks about dyslexia in english and chinese:

> **[Is it possible to be dyslexic in Chinese?](https://www.straightdope.com/21343714/is-it-possible-to-be-dyslexic-in-chinese)**

I’m dyslexic in finnish but not in english. Even though we use mostly the same alphabet I have no problems when reading or writing english except my abysmall typing. I might not know exactly how a word is written but that’s because I’ve learned most of my english by not writing.

Instead in finnish I know exactly how the words are written even in all of those cases we have. But I can write “tulli” or “tuuli” when I mean “tuli” and read it back and not see the mistake I made.

Btw. “tulli” is “toll”, “tuuli” is “wind” but “tuli” is “fire or (he/she) came”.

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