# What's up with misreading?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-misreading/63446>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 26, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-misreading/63446 "2001-04-26T22:26:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![waxteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@waxteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waxteeth)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2001, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-misreading/63446/1 "2001-04-26T22:26:21Z")

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Example:

Here at the SDMB I have come across the username mouthbreather dozens of times. About and hour ago I noticed that it was not mouthbreaker as I have been reading it all this time.

Sometimes I’ll read something and have to do a double take because it seems out of place, that’s when I find I’ve misread it.

Do I have some kind of dyslexia?  
Does this happen to you?  
Am I just reading faster than my brain can translate?

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**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-misreading/63446/2 "2001-04-29T23:27:53Z")

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Well, you certainly aren’t the only one. Lookie here, this thread was back in December:

[I have never broken a mouth in my life.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51557)  
And, **waxtree** , I never read anything wrong.

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**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-misreading/63446/3 "2001-04-29T23:45:21Z")

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i keep getting jayjay confused with jarbabyj at first glance

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**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-misreading/63446/4 "2001-04-29T23:53:19Z")

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OMG, I always thought your name was “rainchikki”. Oops.

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**Author:** ![waxteeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@waxteeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waxteeth)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-misreading/63446/5 "2001-04-29T23:53:44Z")

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Very interesting.

I’ll always read your name correctly now that’s for sure.