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I haven’t heard of Galtonism. From my experience as the colorblind child of native Russian speakers, it’s Daltonism (дальтони́зм). https://en.openrussian.org/
by jdadj 11mo ago
I haven’t heard of Galtonism. From my experience as the colorblind child of native Russian speakers, it’s Daltonism (дальтони́зм).
https://en.openrussian.org/en/colour-blind https://en.openrussian.org/en/colour-blind
- pavel_lishin 11mo agoGood lord, I had both of their wiki pages open, and STILL somehow D and G were the same letter in my mind. I should just delete my comment, but let it stand as a monument to my goof.
- at_last 11mo agoshrugged
- khazhoux 11mo agoWe all doof from time to time
- bqmjjx0kac 11mo agoHe gone doofed.
- CommieBobDole 11mo agoPerhaps you suffer from D-G letterblindness.
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- tomjakubowski 11mo agoIt would be totally understandable for someone who reads handwritten Russian to confuse D and g in their mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_(Cyrillic)#Form https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_(Cyrillic)#Form
- pavel_lishin 11mo agoOh man, I don't think I've written cursive Russian in something like a decade. I honestly have no idea how Russian historians parse old documents; old hand-written English is hard enough, but cursive Russian is a whole other thing. My last name just looks like a child drawing a wavy ocean!