Re: dyslexia and script

On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:55:30 -0800, Doug Ewell <dewell@...> wrote:

> I wrote:
>
>> I'm sure this has been stated here before, but Ambrose Bierce in "The
>> Devil's Dictionary" defined "dyxlesia" (note spelling) as "the
>> self-diagnosis of a dyslectic."
>
> Sorry. It was Stan Kelly-Bootle in either "The Devil's DP Dictionary"
> or its successor, "The Computer Contradictionary."

S. K.-B. was a delightful author!

Another related work is The Jargon File, which, iirc, goes by more than
one name.

<http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/>

Regards,

--
Nicholas Bodley /*|*\ Waltham, Mass.
The curious hermit -- autodidact and polymath
Freedom from hypocrisy is a very good idea.