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[[My son can’t spell anything and he is a genius in some things.]]

Sounds like what’s mostly happenign with me (although some is that my fingers also hit keys next to the one I’m tryign to- but you’ll see consitsantly many of mine are infact reversed- but I’m thinking mine is caused by a neurological problem as my spelling (and speakign for that matter soetimes- although speakign isn’;t affected nearly as bad as my spelling is for soem reason- but I do often say thoughts backwards) was never bad- and infacvt was quite good- I was an editor i nour school newspaper back i nthe day- I have a coupel of health issues which can cause as a side effect, neurological problems- I’ve been tested some, but they only found mild polymiositis- not enough to cause such issues with my spelling- but perhaps there’s mroe wrogn than what the few tests I’ve had have found- haven’t had the full neurological workup tests doen yet- kina dreadign htem really-

[[My son can’t spell anything and he is a genius in some things.]]

Maybe genius has soemthign to do with it I don’t know- My iq was tested at 152 although you’d never nkow it looking at my psots superficially- and they say many of the world’s greatest writers were horrible spellers who gave their editors fits- even some presdients couldn’t spell well at all and had peopel checkign htem over for them before printing- Hemmingway drove his editors crazy with his bad spelling- I believe Keats too- and dickenson and agatha Christie too- I hjad a whoell ist of geniuses who couldn’t spell wirht a lick at one point-

[[The brain is a funny thing and can sure make life interesting. Hope I didn’t embarrass you.]]

Not at all- infact you were very civil about it and I thak you- Just ran into several imamture poeople who felt it their duty to hurl one insult after another at me in another thread- beleive me, discussing hte issue with you in a civil manner was very pleasant- and yo’re right, the brain is very complicated and mysterious-