Misspelled words...does it really matter?

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Misspelled words...does it really matter?

Posted: 7/26/04 at 8:31pm

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg

THE PAOMNNEHAL 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?,

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#2

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 8:33pm

That was freaky!!!

I read that perfectly at a very fast pace! Weird!!

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#3

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 8:33pm

is not just the first and last letter, it has to have the same number of letters in the word.
but still amazing

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#4

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 8:34pm

I have a friend who has that as the only away message he ever uses and I want to hit him because he really can't spell and after 6 months of it he still thinks its funny.

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#5

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 8:35pm

That is freakishly cool.

#6

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 9:11pm

well, i dont have any idea what boob's message said.

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#7

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 9:23pm

I'm dyslexic.
That just screwed me up really badly.

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#8

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 9:35pm

I could read it fine. Cool =)

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#9

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 9:36pm

I've seen that. I have a piece of paper with that on it; I use it on my English teachers whenever they complain about someone's spelling.

#10

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 9:40pm

yeah my english teacher showed us that last year. Freaky and cool and iternsetnig at the same time..

#11

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:31pm

Neato!

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#12

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:39pm

What happens if there is more than one word that can be spelled with the same letters, and with the first and last letter being the same?

For example...
If I were to type "I oderr you to uinte tehm"...



What verb did you read?
"unite" or "untie"?

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#13

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:40pm

I saw 'unite'

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"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#14

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:41pm

that just made me feel really smart! i deciphered that so quickly .... although apparently everyone can do it. i'm still going to pretend like i just have extraordinary brain power!!

on and FF - i got untie

#15

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:42pm

One vote for UNITE, one vote for UNTIE.
I think I've proven that this is flawed.
Thank you and goodnight.
*exits USL*

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#16

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:51pm

whoa, okay, that was freaky. I read the whole thing perfectly and at my normal speed.

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#17

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Posted: 7/26/04 at 11:52pm

I got untie as well.

#18

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Posted: 7/27/04 at 12:00am

yay I culod raed teht in a scenod!

#19

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Posted: 7/27/04 at 12:27am

Wow I never realized that, but its so true.
FF-I got unite

#20

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Posted: 7/27/04 at 3:19pm

I got unite. :)

#21

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Posted: 7/27/04 at 3:21pm

That is amazingly neat!

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#22

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Posted: 7/27/04 at 3:41pm

I saw untie

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#23

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Posted: 7/27/04 at 5:28pm

wow, thats really cool...ff- i got unite

#24

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Posted: 7/31/04 at 4:47pm

i got unite as well FF

#25

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Posted: 7/31/04 at 6:00pm

That was awesome. I got Unite