Guest guest Posted December 14, 2001 Report Share Posted December 14, 2001 This is one symptom that I have to deal with,on occasion, as well. I find that if I don't " force it " the word will come... On the other hand, my family has become world class charade players! All best wishes, Sally R...ACM..Decompression '91..Hydro .. VP shunt.... 2 revisions...NO medications... doing well in Bethlehem,Pa > I, too, have had a fairly successful surgery. There are times, however, I feel like a blithering idiot due to speech difficulties. I twist the consonants around on words. I call this dyslexia of the tongue. Sometimes I cannot bring a word out of my mouth and start pointing and gesturing to make my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2001 Report Share Posted December 14, 2001 I just do the Porky Pig thing. If I can't hit it in three tries, I start looking for a synonym. If I can't find one of those, I start trying to describe what it is. Read my daily " Blahthings " at: www.100megsfree4.com/blahthings/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2001 Report Share Posted December 14, 2001 Yep, Like saying, " Pass me a carrot " could be...... " Toss me over one of those long, orange crunchy things that are good to eat when you are on a diet! " Ug. I do this all the time. People usually just wait for me to finish with a puzzled frustrated look on their face. Or, don't you hate when they try to say your word for you, and you wanted to say it! What a jip. in Ala. On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:32:15 -0500 " staple11 " writes: > I just do the Porky Pig thing. If I can't hit it in three tries, I > start > looking for a synonym. If I can't find one of those, I start trying > to > describe what it is. > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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