Itīs funny and interesting but I had already seen it. Our brain works curiously. For me spellings are important, at least when Iīm chatting with a friend that has the same native language as me (spanish). I mean, itīs a great eyeache when you see something badly written, because if you donīt know your own language then... well, youīre dumb... Itīs like "what the hell did you do in school?" "Donīt you read?" One thing Iīm a bit intrigued is about the fact that it seems that americans (or all english-speakers, donīt know) find it difficult to spell. At least thatīs what I guess after seeing all those spelling competitions in schools. Maybe english is more difficult to spell? We never do that...

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I got this in my mail a couple of years ago, I think. Immediately uninstalled my spell checker. Removed all traces of ispell and aspell. Call me an overenthusiastic kid... As an aside, it's amusing to note how many spelling errors I make without these nifty little programs. So, I'm notorious when it comes to spellings.

This was followed by my getting caught up in numerous embarassing situations, in varying levels of intensity, none of which I'll go into.

Just got back to using my good old aspell on emacs before sending mails.

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The one pelborm wtih taht sduty is taht it flias to tkae itno anuocct the ctelpmoe rasrevel of all cretcarahs beewten the fsrit and the lsat. Mekas it hedrar to raed, d'nseot it? Ah wlel, the garenel cpecnot slitl wkros.

As far as (mis)spelling english, it's much less phonetic than most other languages due to the fact that it's an amalgamation of german and french (with a bit borrowed from other languages). To complicate it even more, local dialects can drastically change pronunciation. If anyone's interested in a completely phonetic way of spelling, there's an interesting system called the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) which maps each speech sound to an individual character. It's interesting to see how you're actually pronouncing words, which is often radically different from your preconceptions, which are based on the words written form.

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Hi Opaque, that's right I could read all the word without having much problem.

It only reminds me the default news or FAQ item at Mambo Open source website.

When a new mambo cms is being installed example news, FAQ items, newsflash and Copyright license description are there by default and one of the items is about this order of arranging the letters. What is important is the beginning letter and the ending letter, the rest can be arranged anywhere but will still make sense since when a person reads a word it says they only look at the first and last alphabets.

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heh...so crazy,i am hard and tired to read them through identifying the successive letter Lol: but seeing a word as a whole is really a good way to read them clearly.however,i think i'd like to spell word as right as i can,i am new in using English after all

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spelling may not be inportant...but grammer is Spellings are not important?? most peole would say spelling (minus the s) isn't (or is not) important...lol but anyways, my englsh teacher got ahold of this printed it out and gave it to the whole class lmao! but it is kool how this happens..

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I can read most of the words, but you can't read the words fast if you skim through it. I guess thats why you can still understand people even when they can spell at all online

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I've seen this before, and it's something to do with the way that you brain actually remembers how to spell words. Somehow the brain can still make the right connections, just being presented with the correct letters, and having the starting and finishing letters also helps. You just have to be careful that you don't end up actually writing a word when you reorder the letters!

My English teachers write like this all the time, and rely on the class to point out their spelling mistakes

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My mom is an English Teacher, and believe you me spellign counts. Last time I gave her a birthday card, she graded it and handed it back to me. I got a D on it too.

I mean I would hate for our children to go through school spelling pitcher like pticehr

It's a matter of basic principles. I have a hard time now listening to immigrants saying words wrong like shicken and choose (What you wear on your feet) But that is my thing not anyone elses I guess. I want my kids to grow up smart and well spoken.

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Yes I saw this in a Reader's Digest few years back... surprizing what the human mind can do...

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