It is known that I was recognising letters +/- 18 mos. and reading fluently by +/- 2 years. Somewhere in there I probably had a transitional phase. How my parents discovered that I could read was, my dad was reading me a story, and he paused, and I picked right up and continued. They didn't think this was unusual at all, because according to them, even still, I had "memorised" all my books -- I am firmly of the opinion now that I hadn't, because as anyone who knows me knows, I can't memorise stuff like that for shit! Afterward, my dad commented to my mom that I had memorised the book really well, and she asked him which book it was, he told her, and she said, "She can't have it memorised; I just bought it this afternoon!" Heh. So who knows when I really started to read.
On edit: Apparently LJ doesn't like British spellings with "s" where Americans would put "z." Bite me.
Boy, you have a bunch of early organic readers, Glenn...
On edit: Apparently LJ doesn't like British spellings with "s" where Americans would put "z." Bite me.