for the spelling police

[danglee]

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 inwaht 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 thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

Amazing isn't it?

[kjc]

Pardon?

[chrisrob]

This is very well known.
It is also a good argument for teaching children to learn by "look and say" which has been discredited by the government advisers in favour of phonics.

[Sachs]

Hi chris, surely that method would be problematic? A child might be able to read it, but then they would have to re learn spelling?

[danglee]

Iread an article in the daily mail a week or two ago .By a professor who said that some words in the english language are made problematic.For example knife.Why have a silent k when nife would read and sonud the same ?There are many other examples too.For example know and no .

[danglee]

No whiffy wloud bcemoe WIFHFY you palnk

[bigmamma]

Amazing isn't it that we can read that straight off easily :-O

[sir.knobby]

Oi leg dont you call my mate roystone on here a plank.

[danglee]

kbonny suht up or i wlil kcik yuor asre you plilcok

[pastafreak]

Oh gawd........it ^^^^^^^^ all made PERFECT sense on the first reading........and that is without any sambucca...........amazing! (either that or I am dyslexic)