Originally Posted by Austin
FWIW, I was reading at a 12th grade level in the 3rd grade. The weird thing is that I knew the words before I had heard them spoken so I ended up with some strange pronunciations.

DS5 is like this as well. When he was as young as 3, he pronounced "jalapeno" with a hard j sound and "debris" with an s because he'd learned those words by reading to himself.

Last edited by MsFriz; 01/21/10 07:19 AM. Reason: clarity