Have you ever looked a word for so long...

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...that it suddenly stopped making sense?

This happens to me, every once in a great long while. Not sure why, but it's like my brain picks the word apart to the point when it just looks and seems weird to me?

Like, I happened to see my ex's last name on her Facebook page. And for a few moments it just looked bizarre. Even though I've spelled it out and seen it a lot in the last several years......for a few moments, it's like it made no sense and almost like I was looking at it spelled wrong.

Anyone else experience this?



........I'm prepared to receive the "You're insane" response, by the way.


*sigh*


I am.

[Magic knows Black Lives Matter]

I get this too.

[Spider2024]

Me three.

It also happens for me with the letter Z, or words that begin with Z.

[Capt Lunatic]

Road? Ro-ad? Roooooaaaaaaddddd?

[SOR]

I think this occasionally happens to everyone. It's hard to explain but basically the word no longer makes sense and you try and overanalyze it and think it's a strange word etc.

Happens to me once every few months so I wouldn't be worried about being insane, OP

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A few years ago the word Taxi seemed wrong to me.

[salsashark]

It has absolutely happened to me.

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Yes. If you stare at most any word long enough you'll have no clue what it means and will look completely foreign. The brain is so weird.

[Dave the Dave]

Say Potsie 10 time. English won't make sense

[wakko]

Jan 21, 2014 2:15:42 GMT -5 Dave the Dave said:

Say Potsie 10 time. English won't make sense

By the 6th or 7th time, if not earlier, it starts sounding like potty.