Does anyone else have the problem:

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the phenomenon of joining words together when writing or typing, particularly when the end letter of one word matches the starting letter of the next. Participants share personal experiences and observations regarding this behavior, especially in handwritten contexts.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant reports frequently joining words together when writing by hand, suggesting it occurs about 80% of the time.
  • Another participant states they do not experience this phenomenon at all.
  • Some participants acknowledge doing this occasionally, particularly with specific phrases like "with the," which can result in unintended combinations like "withe."
  • A participant mentions a tendency to rewrite notes if mistakes occur, indicating a possible connection to the behavior discussed.
  • There is a suggestion that using a Dvorak keyboard might reduce the likelihood of this happening while typing.
  • One participant questions whether this behavior could be termed a 'sayo,' indicating a lack of established terminology for the phenomenon.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus; some report experiencing the behavior while others do not, indicating multiple competing views on the prevalence and nature of this phenomenon.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express uncertainty about the terminology and the psychological or neurological implications of the behavior, with references to concepts like "disgraphia" mentioned but not elaborated upon.

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Where when typing, or more often writing, where if a word ends in the same letter as the next word's first, you join the words together? I seem to do this, especially when writing by hand. Probably 80% of the time that I could.

Like this:
I wantedinner so i wento eachotel.

Thats obviously extreme. But its frustrating by hand, and I feel like by the time my hand finishes writing a sentence my brain is thinking about the next page...
 
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I don't think I've ever done that...
 
I do that sometimes, especially with "the" and only when writing.
 
I do that when I write. I was trying to find an example in some old hand written notes but I used to rewrite them if I made a mistake. I did find one page with 3 mistakes on though. :eek: I don't know what I was thinking that day.
 
That's a new one to me. I know people do that in speaking, but haven't noticed it in writing before. I make plenty of typos, especially the faster I type, but haven't done that one (at least not yet).
 
I was just thinking about this some more because I don't tend to worry about it, but I remember that I do this quite often with the words "with the" in that order and it comes out as "withe". I couldn't find an example since I tended to rewrite my notes if I made a mistake like that.
 
Kurdt, do you also have sloppy handwriting, possibly writing letters from the bottom up? I do, and my science teacher this year does similar and says it is "disgraphia"
 
binzing said:
Kurdt, do you also have sloppy handwriting, possibly writing letters from the bottom up? I do, and my science teacher this year does similar and says it is "disgraphia"

No not really. Here are my notes with other mistakes.

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7219/notescy0.jpg

I don't know why I photographed them.
 
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Kurdt said:
I don't know why I photographed them.
Well, we learn from our mistakes. Now we can learn from yours.
 
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Moonbear said:
That's a new one to me. I know people do that in speaking
What would you call that? A 'sayo'?
 
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K.J.Healey said:
Where when typing, or more often writing, where if a word ends in the same letter as the next word's first, you join the words together? I seem to do this, especially when writing by hand. Probably 80% of the time that I could.

Like this:
I wantedinner so i wento eachotel.

Thats obviously extreme. But its frustrating by hand, and I feel like by the time my hand finishes writing a sentence my brain is thinking about the next page...

If you used a Dvorak keyboard instead of a Qwerty keyboard, you'd be less likely to do that when typing. I have nothing when it comes to writing. Maybe you should buy a faster pen?
 
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I never done it before...
 

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