Peter Wynn
Jul 4, 2022

With Number 2, I remember being confused when we were asked about the word "break", in Year Three. The teacher asked us to give a different meaning for it from to "break something." At the time, I thought, "Well, there's brake, for what makes a vehicle stop." I also thought, "Okay, break can be a noun as well as a verb." The teacher gave the example of when you have a break, like morning tea, and I thought, "That's the same meaning, in that, say for a commercial break, it's a break in the program." The meaning I hadn't heard of, until many years later, was when they say, "That singer got their big break," what they mean there is, "That singer became famous."

Peter Wynn
Peter Wynn

Written by Peter Wynn

Diagnosed with autism at 35. Explained a lifetime of difference.

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