LL-L "Numeralia" 2009.01.06 (08) [E]

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From: M.-L. Lessing <marless at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Numeralia" 2009.01.06 (06) [E]

Hello Heather,



most of my school life, when numbers were dictated I have written units
first, beginning right, and then writing the tens to the left. So when
"2-und-90" was dictated I left a little space, then wrote 2, shifted left
and wrote 9, then continued right from the 2. When "592" was dictated, it
was first 5, then space, 2, shift back to the space, insert the 9... Of
course when not quite alert I confused the numbers and got a wrong result
:-) So at some point I resolutely changed my system and waited for the full
number before writing. This was also better because I had to imagine the
whole number before writing it down. It helped a little, but I never
excelled in arithmetics or any field of math. I don't know if it had to do
with language. My number line (the imaginary line the numbers form) is not
straight, but has several bends, still today, resulting from the stages when
I learned to count as a little child. It bends to the left at 20, then right
again at 100. Absurd. Have you experienced anything like it?



Hartlich!



Marlou

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