By reversing the words, from 'high half' to 'half high'.
I wasn't sure if dyslexia pertained to just a word itself 
or if it pertained to word phrases. When I did a Google
search using the phrase 'half high' along with sister & 
brother, I only came up with stories of drunks and 
the like. I had thought that this might have been a case 
of  someone reversing the words. It seemed a simple
way to make sense of it  because 'half high' did at least 
make some sense when talking in regards to a younger 
sister. I had thought along the lines of what Paul Drake
explained but nothing along those lines of it being a 
class issue turned up in any of my searches. 

Blessings, Vicki in Virginia

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