The Hardest Date for Dyslexic’s
First, “12/12/12” got everyone’s attention.
Then, the would-be Mayan Apocalypse — yesterday, 12/21/12 — loomed large.
But yesterday was especially challenging for a group of people without a doomsayers’ streak: those with dyslexia (I’ve got a mild case).
Surviving the Apocalypse and Other Challenges (Like, Spelling It)
As if the numbers weren’t challenging enough, the “slashes” between each of them — “is it a ‘1?'” which way do they tilt?” — tied me up in (further) fits.
Writing a few checks yesterday, I finally had to write out, “Dec. 21, 2012.”
Runner-up challenge for dyslexic’s: spelling “Apocalypse.”
P.S.: Every year, I have to tear up a few checks that I absent-mindedly date “12/13/59” — my birthdate — and rewrite them as “12/13/12” (or whatever the current year is).
