Spelling tid-bit (sp?!)
Amelia Allan
I got this from a different kind of board, but I thought some people
here might enjoy it. My apologies if it's been posted before.
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Can you read this?
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was
rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod
are, the olny
iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef,
but the
wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was
ipmorantt!!
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Amelia
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here might enjoy it. My apologies if it's been posted before.
____________
Can you read this?
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was
rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod
are, the olny
iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef,
but the
wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was
ipmorantt!!
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Amelia
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Sandra Dodd
Amelia, I let this through because it's yet again different from
other versions, and I like this one better than some I've seen. <g>
It's changing some as it goes around the internet, but it still makes
a really good point. As a person who reads in a swirly rather than
strictly left-to-right fashion, it makes me feel less odd about it!
Sandra
other versions, and I like this one better than some I've seen. <g>
It's changing some as it goes around the internet, but it still makes
a really good point. As a person who reads in a swirly rather than
strictly left-to-right fashion, it makes me feel less odd about it!
Sandra
Ed Wendell
Zac is 13 and said he could read it just fine - when I asked if he realized all the words were misspelled he said he probably could read it because that is the way he spells - ;) Actually his spelling is not quite that "different" now.
Lisa W.
Can you read this?
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Lisa W.
Can you read this?
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wisdomalways5
--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
Curious
JulieH
>makes
> Amelia, I let this through because it's yet again different from
> other versions, and I like this one better than some I've seen. <g>
>
> It's changing some as it goes around the internet, but it still
> a really good point. As a person who reads in a swirly rather thanWhat do you mean a swirly fashion? What does that look like to you?
> strictly left-to-right fashion, it makes me feel less odd about it!
>
> Sandra
>
Curious
JulieH
Sandra Dodd
-=-What do you mean a swirly fashion? What does that look like to
you?-=-
I read groups of words instead of single words, and sometimes I'm
reading from two lines at once.
Those reading therapy machines they built in the 60's that drag your
eyes left to right with only three words or so lit up are nearly
impossible for me to read from. I can pronounce the words, but I
can't get the meaning very well. I need to see all the words around
them.
Especially in those 19th century novels that were so glorified when I
was a kid, in the 60's, like Treasure Island and Little Women and
Oliver Twist and all those, the sentences can be 50 words long with
the verb way down at the end.
Sandra
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you?-=-
I read groups of words instead of single words, and sometimes I'm
reading from two lines at once.
Those reading therapy machines they built in the 60's that drag your
eyes left to right with only three words or so lit up are nearly
impossible for me to read from. I can pronounce the words, but I
can't get the meaning very well. I need to see all the words around
them.
Especially in those 19th century novels that were so glorified when I
was a kid, in the 60's, like Treasure Island and Little Women and
Oliver Twist and all those, the sentences can be 50 words long with
the verb way down at the end.
Sandra
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Nancy Wooton
Re: Spelling tid-bit (sp?!)
I thought I'd answer the (sp?!) -- it can be tidbit (no hyphen) or
titbit.
While looking it up in both Chambers (British) and Webster's
Collegiate, I ran across a word new to me in Chambers -- "torpefy." It
means to make numb or torpid, to paralyze; J.K. Rowling could have used
it as a spell. ;-)
Nancy (proofreader and dictionary freak)
I thought I'd answer the (sp?!) -- it can be tidbit (no hyphen) or
titbit.
While looking it up in both Chambers (British) and Webster's
Collegiate, I ran across a word new to me in Chambers -- "torpefy." It
means to make numb or torpid, to paralyze; J.K. Rowling could have used
it as a spell. ;-)
Nancy (proofreader and dictionary freak)
wisdomalways5
--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...> wrote:
can not read a sentence at a time because my eyes are already two
sentences ahead.
thank you for sharing that. Maybe that is why my son has difficulies
reading because he "thinks" he is supposed tobe reading word for word
like they teach in school. Ahhhhhh- should of taken him out earlier but
this will be a good discussion with him.
JulieH
>I do the same thing but never really realized that others "don't"- I
> -=-What do you mean a swirly fashion? What does that look like to
> you?-=-
>
> I read groups of words instead of single words, and sometimes I'm
> reading from two lines at once.
>
> Those reading therapy machines they built in the 60's that drag your
> eyes left to right with only three words or so lit up are nearly
> impossible for me to read from. I can pronounce the words, but I
> can't get the meaning very well. I need to see all the words around
> them.
>
can not read a sentence at a time because my eyes are already two
sentences ahead.
thank you for sharing that. Maybe that is why my son has difficulies
reading because he "thinks" he is supposed tobe reading word for word
like they teach in school. Ahhhhhh- should of taken him out earlier but
this will be a good discussion with him.
JulieH
Sandra Dodd
-=-Maybe that is why my son has difficulies
reading because he "thinks" he is supposed tobe reading word for word
like they teach in school. Ahhhhhh- should of taken him out earlier but
this will be a good discussion with him.
-=-
At the decyphering level, though, it IS one word at a time. I sight
read and I sight read blocks of words, phrases (same as I read music,
I think), and only when there's a place name or a word I don't know
do I go into phonetic mode.
I don't think newer readers can be coached to go swirly, but letting
them know they might get to that place might help.
With music, it bothers me a lot when I play with someone (or sing
madrigals or whatever) and someone is beating out time, counting,
directing. It's like reading phonetically. Music can't flow if
someone's being a human metronome, and especially if that person's
not the lead singer or doing the melody. It's like an anchor. Once
the songs are learned, it turns more to one/one time, and the ones
might feel variable. They don't end up sounding different, but I
don't count 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 or WAY worse when someone's
clearly physically somehow indicating 1 and 2 and 3 and 1 and...
Sandra
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reading because he "thinks" he is supposed tobe reading word for word
like they teach in school. Ahhhhhh- should of taken him out earlier but
this will be a good discussion with him.
-=-
At the decyphering level, though, it IS one word at a time. I sight
read and I sight read blocks of words, phrases (same as I read music,
I think), and only when there's a place name or a word I don't know
do I go into phonetic mode.
I don't think newer readers can be coached to go swirly, but letting
them know they might get to that place might help.
With music, it bothers me a lot when I play with someone (or sing
madrigals or whatever) and someone is beating out time, counting,
directing. It's like reading phonetically. Music can't flow if
someone's being a human metronome, and especially if that person's
not the lead singer or doing the melody. It's like an anchor. Once
the songs are learned, it turns more to one/one time, and the ones
might feel variable. They don't end up sounding different, but I
don't count 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 or WAY worse when someone's
clearly physically somehow indicating 1 and 2 and 3 and 1 and...
Sandra
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Sandra Dodd
-=With music, it bothers me a lot when I play with someone (or sing
madrigals or whatever) and someone is beating out time, counting,
directing.-=-
I don't mind a director in a large choir situation, or when I was in
band. With big groups it makes sense. With a quartet or quintet or
in a lead-singer-with-backup situation it's a godawful detriment and
a distraction.
Sandra
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madrigals or whatever) and someone is beating out time, counting,
directing.-=-
I don't mind a director in a large choir situation, or when I was in
band. With big groups it makes sense. With a quartet or quintet or
in a lead-singer-with-backup situation it's a godawful detriment and
a distraction.
Sandra
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In a message dated 8/10/2007 12:38:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
ameliaa@... writes:
Can you read this?
I am a *very* speedy reader, but with this (even on this 3rd time seeing
it), even though I *can* make it out, it is incredibly, almost painfully slow
going and lots of concentration and brainwork. It really helps me better
understand people I know who have difficulty with reading! But I'm still not sure
how it can flip into such hard work for someone who reads so effortlessly
otherwise...
Peace,
Sang
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ameliaa@... writes:
Can you read this?
I am a *very* speedy reader, but with this (even on this 3rd time seeing
it), even though I *can* make it out, it is incredibly, almost painfully slow
going and lots of concentration and brainwork. It really helps me better
understand people I know who have difficulty with reading! But I'm still not sure
how it can flip into such hard work for someone who reads so effortlessly
otherwise...
Peace,
Sang
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