Do you lose the meaning of words?

[Bigmallly]

I don't know why but if I read a word too many times, I tend to lose the meaning of it. Today I have typed the word "though" several times & lost the meaning of it, so much so that I had to google it to see if there was such a word & had I spelt it correctly........Do I need help?.......

[rustylady]

If you need help Mally then so do I.

[Bigmallly]

Phew !!.........Cheers RL, I thought I was losing it for a minute.

[rustylady]

Maybe we've both lost it. Where's VC when you need her?

[Sqft'ers]

Yes, I tend to keep writing 'though' instead of although, and only write although at the beginning of a sentence.
A small irritation is when people write 'loose' when they mean 'lose' - Loose wellies, but lose the plot. Hope nobody will of course.
Bigmallly has it right in the heading - Do you lose the meaning of words?

[veggiechicken]

Maybe we've both lost it. Where's VC when you need her?

Wossat RL? I got lost..........looking for "it".
I used to be good at spelling, in school (she says modestly) but now, a combination of fumble fingers on the keyboard and spellchecker has made me very brain-lazy. So, for example, I've just misspelt "School" twice and have serious doubts about "misspelt" as it just doesn't look right - should it be misspelled or mispelt. Other words that always seem wrong are "wrong", "people" and "yacht" (not that I write that often).
So neither of you are alone - may I join the club please?

[julesapple]

Try coping with a mixed education - I was educated in an American school in Holland, various schools in England but finished my education in Scotland!

Thirty years later I'm still fighting Americanisms.......sheesh!

I spell very well, so I'm frequently asked, by the family, how to spell words. Quite often I get confused, having spelled a word out loud, and I'm convinced I've misspelled it when I haven't. Sometimes, seeing things written down or hearing them said or spelled out throws me out. It either looks wrong or sounds wrong but, in actuality, it isn't.

Too weird.

[Matt94]

I don't know why but if I read a word too many times, I tend to lose the meaning of it. Today I have typed the word "though" several times & lost the meaning of it, so much so that I had to google it to see if there was such a word & had I spelt it correctly........Do I need help?.......

Don't worry BMW - your not alone it happens to everybody, me included

[Bren In Pots]

Some words just look wrong to me even though I know I've spelt them correctly.

[Bigmallly]

Some words just look wrong to me even though I know I've spelt them correctly.

How come you said in one sentance what it took me a whole paragraph to say?............

[northepaul]

Sounds familiar!
I tend to stumble over words and for the life of me, cant remember how to spell them too!

[veggiechicken]

Too weird.

Weird - that's another word that never looks right and I always type as "wierd"

[julesapple]

Oh, but that looks weirder......

[Thelma Sanders]

It's all the words with l or ll on the end I'm having trouble with at the mo -
till tonight is correct but if you use until it's only one l

forgetful one or 2 lls ?

[veggiechicken]

It's all the words with l or ll on the end I'm having trouble with at the mo -
till tonight is correct but if you use until it's only one l

forgetful one or 2 lls ?

Its a good job you don't live in Wales, Thelma!