Analysis points to a unexpected cause of reading difficulties

Post by taeric » Thu, May 14, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC

gus_massa wrote: post #60

taeric wrote: post #54

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Ah, I think I see. You actually pronounce the "y" in those words? I'm not familiar with any dialects where that is common. I could see it, though. In general, I would expect the pronunciation for all of those is the same. They are all words with the root "day". Copying from Merriam-Webster for them: Today: tə-ˈdā Friday: frī-dā Yesterday: ˈye-stər-dā The page for Friday does have "-dē" listed, as well. Which maybe is…

From https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/today it looks like it's like today -> too-deh-I where the last "I" is like the "i" in "ship" and not like the "ee" in "sheep". I agree that it's not a very strong "ee" sound.

Post by tuukkah » Thu, May 14, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC

arjie wrote: post #59

tuukkah wrote: post #55

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I don't know if there's a book literally like that, because the topic spans multiple university degrees and you should have the theoretical background to recognize situation X as well as to apply intervention Y. Even small children's brains are very complex and yet they lack the self-awareness, reflection and communication skills that would help the teacher in "debugging" the (potentially entangled) issues. I had a l…

Thank you!