When the English tongue we speak,
Why is "break" not rhymed with "freak"?
Will you tell me why it's true
We say "sew" but likewise "few";
And the maker of a verse
Cannot cap his "horse" with "worse"?
"Beard" sounds not the same as "heard";
"Cord" is different from "word";
Cow is "cow", but low is "low";
"Shoe" is never rhymed with "foe".
Think of "hose" and "dose" and "lose";
And think of "goose" and yet of "choose".
Think of "comb" and "tomb" and "bomb";
"Doll" and "roll" and "home" and "some",
And since "pay" is rhymed with "say",
Why not "paid" with "said", I pray?
We have "blood" and "food" and "good";
"Would" is not pronounced like "could".
Wherefore "done" but "gone" and "lone"?
Is there any reason known?
And, in short, it seems to me
Sounds and letters disagree. Anonymous
WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?
"A learning disorder marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words."
Some people have a talent for learning their native language. Early in life and almost without effort, they seem to learn to understand speech and to make themselves understood. They learn reading, writing and spelling in the early grades at school or before. They present their thoughts clearly by word of mouth or in writing.
Most of us must work harder and need more teaching to become as competent in these skills as we need to be.
For some people, one-tenth or more of us, this learning is excessively hard. It is so hard that it gets in the way of progress in personal growth, in school, and in work. If the difficulty is severe enough to become a problem and is out of line with the person's other abilities and his home and school opportunities, we can call it dyslexia, or specific language difficulty.
How shall we recognize him, or less often, her? Alfred said, "I can think okay." The dyslexic's intelligence, vision, hearing, motor control and physical development are from very good to poor but mostly around average, as with everybody else. He has no more problems with home life, school attendance and emotional life than anyone else - except as they result from the frustration and discouragement caused by failure. "It's just my words," said Alfred.
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