• kamills
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    1 day ago

    I’m a mechanical engineer, and I often have to do a double thumbs up with my hands like b_d. It’s the only way I can remember what comes first in the alphabet. In danish you spell boat båd, and if you mess up the order the b and d will be on the outside of the boat and drown, like dåb. Still works 20 years later

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      23 hours ago

      Do you have dyslexia or something like that by chance? I don’t think I’ve met anyone who gets confused between b and d. (No offense, I’m just intrigued)

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        22 hours ago

        I don’t have dyslexia. But I did only learn how to read and write in 5th grade.

      • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org
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        20 hours ago

        Am librarian and can confirm: we all do this. It mostly comes up when shelving or retrieving books.