New free education project manager Alex Dunedin delivers leaflet with spelling mistake. The event being held at the Blind Poet on the 6th of July at 7pm was being advertised with a quote from Great Educator Mary Wollstonecraft but the copy lacked a consonant - to his shock and surprise.
When asked about it he said "B.F.D (Bone Fide Distraction) not to worry, no big deal, in fact, the more we think about language the more important it is to realise that living language is an organic thing"
When asked, Dr Johnston said "language is as mutable as a cloud". Billy Shakespeare united the local dialects in his work to create an expansion of the English language which popularized and shaped the whole of it's future. Despite being accused of being a common hack at the time he is now considered the height of culture now.
Dyslexia has made me casual about formal language in a creative context. Since discovering the excellent work of Oxford Neurosciences on dyslexia much of the problems of reading certain texts have resolved.
This does not omit the importance of formal language, a misplaced letter here or there in a technical document can be as affecting as a misplaced decimal point in mathematics.
"This is a good opportunity to raise awareness of what dyslexia is or is not". for so long is has been a little understood condition which is by no means a handicap" said Alex. In criticism of his response, spokesperson for W.T.F (We're Too Formal) said "A fine excuse for a typo ! Must try harder Dunedin !"
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