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post #16 of 19
1/7/11 at 7:34pm
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Originally Posted by Fraiche View Post
Has anyone ever had the experience where they are typing or reading something and all of a sudden, a word that you've always known and recognized suddenly looks like it's off? It has happened to me with words like "south" and "commercial" just now.

Hope it's not alzehimers or something...cause I'm relatively young.

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post #17 of 19
1/7/11 at 7:45pm
it's called semantic satiation and is very very common.
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post #18 of 19
1/7/11 at 7:52pm
YES! I am so glad you posted this because it has happened to me before and I didn't have a word to describe it. Well, I still don't but I think someone should come up with one. It's a really weird feeling. I'd keep staring at the word going "wait, is that how you spell it?"
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post #19 of 19
1/7/11 at 8:59pm
true story:

one time i was looking at my name, "Brian" and it was looking very strange to me. it sounded strange and i kept repeating the name over and over again and it got stranger. i later denounced the name and couldnt figure why anyone would be named that name.
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