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Whomever named this was extremely cruel because those who have it can't pronounce it.

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[–] Tujio@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same thing with the guy who named it 'dyslexia.'

[–] TeckFire@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This word is actually not named maliciously at all. From Greek:

“Dys,” meaning “bad,” or “abnormal,” like in Dysfunctional

“Lexia” from “Lexis,” meaning “reading.” Think of “lexicon.”

So now you have a perfectly normal word in Greek that came to the modern age and now is ironic because it’s not exactly native