Kathy Stamp

Here you go....This was e-mailed to me by a friend.

The question is, can you read and understand this easily? I could.

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

interesting!

"







----- Original Message -----
From: "nellebelle" <nellebelle@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Re: clinging to schoolishness


>>>>>>>>>>>>If the word I'm thinking is 'then' but I spell it 'than',
>>>>>>>>>>>>that's going to be confusing for the person reading what I've
>>>>>>>>>>>>written, even if they can get the basic idea from the
>>>>>>>>>>>>context.>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Not necesarily. I often miss typos in reading because I'm reading for
> content and meaning and not focusing on spelling. Emails come through
> lists like this all the time with poor spelling or grammar, yet it is
> usually quite easy to figure out what the person is saying.
>
> Don't take this to mean that I don't think spelling matters. I just don't
> think it is the highly critical thing that some people would like us to
> believe.
>
> I don't know how to find them on the internet, but I have received several
> emails over the years with words purposely mispelled or repeated. Most
> people when they read these phrases are quite able to read what it means.
> Does anyone have any of these handy? A friend sent me one recently in
> which "they" have decided to simplify English spelling by deleting letters
> with the same sound. For instance, we don't need both "c" and "k". The
> email is a joke, and by the end of it the words are not spelled
> "correctly" but it is easy enough to read them anyway.
>
> This ability to gloss over mistakes is important to consider in editing.
> A friend (in his 70s) said that in college they used to edit papers by
> going from the end to the beginning one word at a time. Otherwise, they
> would read right over mispellings because their mind knew what it was
> supposed to be and didn't always see what it was. This was in the days
> before word processors and spell check.
>
> I've discussed the role of editors with my kids. We like to catch typos
> in published materials.
>
> Mary Ellen
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
> "List Posting Policies" are provided in the files area of this group.
>
> Visit the Unschooling website and message boards:
> <http://www.unschooling.info>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

aplan4life

> Here you go....This was e-mailed to me by a friend.
>
> The question is, can you read and understand this easily? I could.
>

I raed it esilay thrugoh wtihuot a pusae, go fgirue! LOL

~Sandy W.

[email protected]

In a message dated 10/11/2005 1:36:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bstamp@... writes:

Here you go....This was e-mailed to me by a friend.

The question is, can you read and understand this easily? I could.

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

interesting!




I agree that it is fairly easy to read but my boss might not be very amused
if I sent out a memo or letter with that type of spelling.

Spell check is certainly a good thing for that.

glena


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Rebecca Benson

I love this! I'm going to print this out and show it to my kids. It really does help me with my misspelling "phobia"!
Rebecca

Kathy Stamp <bstamp@...> wrote:
Here you go....This was e-mailed to me by a friend.

The question is, can you read and understand this easily? I could.

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

interesting!

"







----- Original Message -----
From: "nellebelle" <nellebelle@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Re: clinging to schoolishness


>>>>>>>>>>>>If the word I'm thinking is 'then' but I spell it 'than',
>>>>>>>>>>>>that's going to be confusing for the person reading what I've
>>>>>>>>>>>>written, even if they can get the basic idea from the
>>>>>>>>>>>>context.>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Not necesarily. I often miss typos in reading because I'm reading for
> content and meaning and not focusing on spelling. Emails come through
> lists like this all the time with poor spelling or grammar, yet it is
> usually quite easy to figure out what the person is saying.
>
> Don't take this to mean that I don't think spelling matters. I just don't
> think it is the highly critical thing that some people would like us to
> believe.
>
> I don't know how to find them on the internet, but I have received several
> emails over the years with words purposely mispelled or repeated. Most
> people when they read these phrases are quite able to read what it means.
> Does anyone have any of these handy? A friend sent me one recently in
> which "they" have decided to simplify English spelling by deleting letters
> with the same sound. For instance, we don't need both "c" and "k". The
> email is a joke, and by the end of it the words are not spelled
> "correctly" but it is easy enough to read them anyway.
>
> This ability to gloss over mistakes is important to consider in editing.
> A friend (in his 70s) said that in college they used to edit papers by
> going from the end to the beginning one word at a time. Otherwise, they
> would read right over mispellings because their mind knew what it was
> supposed to be and didn't always see what it was. This was in the days
> before word processors and spell check.
>
> I've discussed the role of editors with my kids. We like to catch typos
> in published materials.
>
> Mary Ellen
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
>
> "List Posting Policies" are provided in the files area of this group.
>
> Visit the Unschooling website and message boards:
> <http://www.unschooling.info>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>




"List Posting Policies" are provided in the files area of this group.

Visit the Unschooling website and message boards: <http://www.unschooling.info>



---------------------------------
YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS


Visit your group "UnschoolingDiscussion" on the web.

To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[email protected]

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.


---------------------------------




---------------------------------
Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]