Whenever I read anything, it's as if I'm actually have a conversation. Every single word is spoken in my head with the real tone and intonation that I would expect if somebody were telling me a story in a coffee shop.
I've always assumed that this is because I'm a very audible learner. When I'm paying attention to somebody who is talking, I tend to have a hard time focussing on anything else. For example, I'll miss turns driving if my wife is talking to me in the car unless I'm just actively ignoring her. As a result, she knows if we're following directions not to talk to me about anything because if I don't miss the turn, I wasn't listening to her. :-)
The side effect of this is that I don't read particularly quickly. I can if I make myself but it's like the voice in my head becomes the Micro Machine guy. I read at about the speed I'd expect somebody to talk.
I tend to write the same way. If it doesn't "sound right" I have to keep editing the sentence.
I have the same thing. If I try to over-read my head-voice speed, I can do it but it's exhausting and I don't retain the information nearly as well.
I've also always been a pretty good speller; at some point, my brain started caching two copies of each word---how it sounds, and how it should sound based on how it's spelled.
I've always assumed that this is because I'm a very audible learner. When I'm paying attention to somebody who is talking, I tend to have a hard time focussing on anything else. For example, I'll miss turns driving if my wife is talking to me in the car unless I'm just actively ignoring her. As a result, she knows if we're following directions not to talk to me about anything because if I don't miss the turn, I wasn't listening to her. :-)
The side effect of this is that I don't read particularly quickly. I can if I make myself but it's like the voice in my head becomes the Micro Machine guy. I read at about the speed I'd expect somebody to talk.
I tend to write the same way. If it doesn't "sound right" I have to keep editing the sentence.