Comments on: Hearing Words in Your Head http://www.meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/ Content on writing, tech, business, marketing, social media Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:21:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/comment-page-1/#comment-820647 Meryl Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:21:18 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/#comment-820647 Eric, that's a new one. Sounds like you have a unique way of processing information between eyes and brain. Proofing may be be hard for you, but I bet you're great at something that's hard for the rest of us. Eric, that’s a new one. Sounds like you have a unique way of processing information between eyes and brain. Proofing may be be hard for you, but I bet you’re great at something that’s hard for the rest of us.

]]> By: Eric http://www.meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/comment-page-1/#comment-820632 Eric Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:11:59 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/#comment-820632 This is cool. I have always sub-vocalized, for as long as I can remember. After talking to my wife she says she doesn't. My wife is always stunned at how often I use the wrong "there" and "to" even though I know the difference, on top of that I miss it when I proofread repeatedly. When I talked to my wife she says she sees words and if I have the wrong there in a sentence it completely changes the meaning to her and cause a mental stumble in her comprehension. In other words, she has a really hard time seeing around not just incorrect word usage but spelling errors as well. This does not happen for me, because I never see the words when I'm reading, I hear them in my head. I can't see the words, and hear the words, at the same time, and I have very little comprehension if I'm only seeing the words. This also makes it very difficult for me to proof read stuff. I almost always miss something. Even misspelled words don't usually phase me because I don't see them I hear them. I wonder how different that is from other people. This is cool. I have always sub-vocalized, for as long as I can remember. After talking to my wife she says she doesn’t.

My wife is always stunned at how often I use the wrong “there” and “to” even though I know the difference, on top of that I miss it when I proofread repeatedly. When I talked to my wife she says she sees words and if I have the wrong there in a sentence it completely changes the meaning to her and cause a mental stumble in her comprehension. In other words, she has a really hard time seeing around not just incorrect word usage but spelling errors as well.

This does not happen for me, because I never see the words when I’m reading, I hear them in my head. I can’t see the words, and hear the words, at the same time, and I have very little comprehension if I’m only seeing the words. This also makes it very difficult for me to proof read stuff. I almost always miss something. Even misspelled words don’t usually phase me because I don’t see them I hear them.

I wonder how different that is from other people.

]]> By: Meryl http://www.meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/comment-page-1/#comment-811150 Meryl Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:18:09 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/#comment-811150 @Dawn, not weird -- interesting. @Richard, that's what happens when I stop hearing words in my head. But I guess it's a habit you have to develop. @Mandy, looks like lots of people do it. In fact, I am "hearing" these words I type. @Jeff, chirp chirp chirrrrp. ;) @Dawn, not weird — interesting.

@Richard, that’s what happens when I stop hearing words in my head. But I guess it’s a habit you have to develop.

@Mandy, looks like lots of people do it. In fact, I am “hearing” these words I type.

@Jeff, chirp chirp chirrrrp. ;)

]]> By: Jeff Hurt http://www.meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/comment-page-1/#comment-811145 Jeff Hurt Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:53:26 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/#comment-811145 I've always heard voices in my head when I read. And when I read other people's writings, I've found I give them a different voice in my head than the one I use for my own writing. H-m-m, I wonder if that means something? :) When I read a novel, I find I give the characters voices and change them as I read. I also hear the sounds in my head the writer describes. I wonder if that's why I hear high pitched voices for tweets in Twitter? Just kidding. I don't do that, chirp, chirp. Really, I don't. .-= Jeff Hurt's blog ...<a href="http://jeffhurtblog.com/why-do-you-tweet/" rel="nofollow">Why Do You Tweet?</a> =-. I’ve always heard voices in my head when I read. And when I read other people’s writings, I’ve found I give them a different voice in my head than the one I use for my own writing. H-m-m, I wonder if that means something? :)

When I read a novel, I find I give the characters voices and change them as I read. I also hear the sounds in my head the writer describes.

I wonder if that’s why I hear high pitched voices for tweets in Twitter? Just kidding. I don’t do that, chirp, chirp. Really, I don’t.
.-= Jeff Hurt’s blog …Why Do You Tweet? =-.

]]> By: Mandy http://www.meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/comment-page-1/#comment-810728 Mandy Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:09:26 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/#comment-810728 I am sooo glad someone has addressed this issue! I thought I was crazy! Noone in my family or associates "hear" the words in their head. I am a hearing person and always have been. I began to wonder about this because I was unsure how deaf individuals can read if they don't know what the word is supposed to sound like. That is when I learned that most people don't actually "hear" the words. I am an average-speed reader, but my comprehension has always been outstanding. I am sooo glad someone has addressed this issue! I thought I was crazy! Noone in my family or associates “hear” the words in their head. I am a hearing person and always have been. I began to wonder about this because I was unsure how deaf individuals can read if they don’t know what the word is supposed to sound like. That is when I learned that most people don’t actually “hear” the words. I am an average-speed reader, but my comprehension has always been outstanding.

]]> By: Richard Arthur Steffan http://www.meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/comment-page-1/#comment-185651 Richard Arthur Steffan Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:42:27 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/#comment-185651 <p>I had always believed that to stop subvocalization would mean to stop comprehension....</p> I had always believed that to stop subvocalization would mean to stop comprehension….

]]> By: Dawn Goldberg http://www.meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/comment-page-1/#comment-184002 Dawn Goldberg Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:56:51 +0000 http://meryl.net/2007/03/30/hearing-words-in-your-head/#comment-184002 <p>I don't hear words, I see them written as letters. So, I don't hear the word "house" spoken; I think of it as h-o-u-s-e.</p> <p>I think that's weird. :-)</p> <p>Dawn</p> I don’t hear words, I see them written as letters. So, I don’t hear the word “house” spoken; I think of it as h-o-u-s-e.

I think that’s weird. :-)

Dawn

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