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September 9, 2004 09:49 AM
How Important Is Spelling3/27/
Have you seen this?
The Amazing Human Mind
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. 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 thought slpeling was ipmorantt !.!.!
In the world of instant messaging, what do you think about spelling and our minds?
Posted by jena on September 9, 2004 at 09:49 AM in Top Story | Comments (1)
Comments
Is it a mettar of cerorct snillpeg or cerorct letetr uasge?
Every word in this example is misspelled, but contains the correct letters for our mind to reassemble.
Here's an alternate example - the letters and spelling are wrong. Can you still understand the message? (Hint: Read it aloud)
Ladle Rat Rotten Hut [ http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/ladle/ ]
For instant messages (IM), I don't think spelling is important as long as the message is clear. IMs are an informal and live dialogue. Do you correct your colleagues when they misspeak during a live face-to-face conversation? Do you think less of them when they get tongue-tied?
However, I believe spelling is important for formal correspondence in the same way we expect public speakers to speak correctly.
...MyTwoCents
Posted by: Todd at September 15, 2004 07:30 PM
