Since my brain went splodgy* I've been doing that quite a lot. Using the wrong homophone that is, not scaring people. That I used to do all the time. I suspect it's concerned with how my brain rerouted my linguistic ability around the neural lesions, since I didn't noticeably exhibit that behaviour before then, or at least, not to the degree that it affects me now.
It's obvious to me when I reread what I write, and thus correctable, since I now look for the problem, but when I write without thinking about it, I have about a 50% chance of coming out with the wrong homophone. And that time I didn't catch it. Sorry.
* Please excuse the highly technical term. It was kind of unpleasant, and mostly resulted in the damage that was expected to eventually occur with this disease. Although this aspect was a surprise. There might even have been a possibility of a minor stroke as the root cause. <shrug>
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Re: Feinting
Date: 2010-03-04 04:47 pm (UTC)Since my brain went splodgy* I've been doing that quite a lot. Using the wrong homophone that is, not scaring people. That I used to do all the time. I suspect it's concerned with how my brain rerouted my linguistic ability around the neural lesions, since I didn't noticeably exhibit that behaviour before then, or at least, not to the degree that it affects me now.
It's obvious to me when I reread what I write, and thus correctable, since I now look for the problem, but when I write without thinking about it, I have about a 50% chance of coming out with the wrong homophone. And that time I didn't catch it. Sorry.
* Please excuse the highly technical term. It was kind of unpleasant, and mostly resulted in the damage that was expected to eventually occur with this disease. Although this aspect was a surprise. There might even have been a possibility of a minor stroke as the root cause. <shrug>
ETA: Did it again! Guess where!