inhahe · 6 answers · 4y

Earlier today I had the sudden realization of what an odd word "ghost" is. I forget what it's called, but it's a known phenomenon where suddenly a random word seems extremely weird to a person. What words has that happened with for you?

I remember one time I was asking myself why I'm called Arman. Why is it word written like this? It sounded a strange word at that time.

I noticed yesterday "length" is a weird-looking word when you type it in font size 42 on a powerpoint slide, but most words probably are under the same circumstances tbh

This happens to me fairly regularly. I can’t remember any of them now, of course, but I’ll see (or think of) an innocuous word and it suddenly strikes me as odd - almost alien. I put it down to early-onset Alzheimer’s, so thanks for easing my mind.

You know what's weird? I have had the same thing happen to me about the word spaghetti. Maybe there is something unsettling about that 'gh' combination, haha

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