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Penny Lane · 02-10-2012, 08:07 PM

If you watch Match Game you would know what a bad speller Fannie Flagg was. Even the simplest words she misspelled. The other panelists(especially Brett )would tease her about it. Her spelling was so bad that I am wondering if she is dyslexic? She has authored books so she's no dummy.I'll bet the book editors had a field day with her manuscripts!

But her spelling was atrocious! What do you think?

Sterling Holobyte · 02-10-2012, 10:54 PM

I don't know if I really noticed her spelling that much, only because they had a passel of bad spellers on that show. I loved her homemade shirts though.

I was so surprised to learn that she wrote Fried Green Tomatoes(her novel was called Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe). I always thought she was just such a goof.

old grouch · 02-11-2012, 11:21 AM

The shirt she's wearing in that picture is a hoot.

I always enjoyed the verbal catfights between Fannie and Brett.

Penny Lane · 02-12-2012, 01:31 PM

I googled her and I was right. She is dyslexic. Here is what Wikipedia has to say.

Flagg has spoken publicly about being dyslexic. Flagg has said she was enormously challenged as a writer because she "was severely dyslexic and couldn't spell, still can't spell. So I was discouraged from writing and embarrassed".[4] Her burgeoning writing career was put on hold for much of the 1970s, but Flagg overcame her fear and completed several novels and screenplays.

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Sterling Holobyte Harper House Senior Member Join Date: Nov 07, 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,896	I don't know if I really noticed her spelling that much, only because they had a passel of bad spellers on that show. I loved her homemade shirts though. I was so surprised to learn that she wrote Fried Green Tomatoes(her novel was called Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe). I always thought she was just such a goof.
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02-11-2012, 11:21 AM	#3
old grouch Member Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2010 Location: montana Posts: 1,877	The shirt she's wearing in that picture is a hoot. I always enjoyed the verbal catfights between Fannie and Brett.

02-12-2012, 01:31 PM	#4
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 50,994	I googled her and I was right. She is dyslexic. Here is what Wikipedia has to say. Flagg has spoken publicly about being dyslexic. Flagg has said she was enormously challenged as a writer because she "was severely dyslexic and couldn't spell, still can't spell. So I was discouraged from writing and embarrassed".[4] Her burgeoning writing career was put on hold for much of the 1970s, but Flagg overcame her fear and completed several novels and screenplays.