I've been screening some twitch streamers and noticed with some alarm that an unexpected number of seemingly healthy American streamers can't read, or very barely can.

The game I was using for this uses a standard memo pads mechanic to fill in the story and many were barely stumbling through it in their own native language.

So it's my impression that this is not entirely Claude's fault.

Conservatively, I'll blame it on "dyslexia".

Using gate as a verb is extremely rare in American English, though perhaps more common in British English. I would hazard a guess that very few people who aren't exposed to Claude on a regular basis would think that was anything other than gibberish.