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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:00 am Post subject: I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I... |
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I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg:
the phaonmneel pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rseearch taem 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. Such a cdonition is
arppoiatrely cllaed Typoglycemia  - Mbaye taht's why FCUK T-srihts are
so cmoomn?
Amzanig huh? Yaeh and you awlyas thguoht slpeling was ipmorantt.
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~mattd/Cmabrigde/index.html |
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joshuahirtle27
Joined: 23 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:06 am Post subject: Re: I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg:
the phaonmneel pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rseearch taem 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. Such a cdonition is
arppoiatrely cllaed Typoglycemia :)- Mbaye taht's why FCUK T-srihts are
so cmoomn?
Amzanig huh? Yaeh and you awlyas thguoht slpeling was ipmorantt.
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~mattd/Cmabrigde/index.html |
Actually spelling is kind of important. It's the odrer of the lteetrs that's not. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| aanzmig ! |
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losing_touch
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Location: Ulsan - I think!
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:35 am Post subject: |
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| This is a well documented phenomenon. It is easily understood when you think of the differences between top-down and bottom-up reading approaches. This pile of letters wouldn't mean much to students. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| It's also a good way to test your students reading level as part of their placement test. |
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Panda
Joined: 25 Oct 2008
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| Not everyone can read that kind of writing. It would be safe to say that most of us here can because we teach English. Some very smart English people still cant read that kind of mumble jumble. |
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GreenlightmeansGO
Joined: 11 Dec 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 1:45 am Post subject: |
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Who want to go lunch with me? |
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FMPJ
Joined: 03 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| I gto a wride clal alst ngtih: arpapnteyl 2001 wntas its meme back. |
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meangradin
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Not everyone can read that kind of writing. It would be safe to say that most of us here can because we teach English. Some very smart English people still cant read that kind of mumble jumble. |
I think you would be surprised how easy this task is for most non native speakers of english. If one can read english at a reasonable level, then this is easy. |
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alpope23
Joined: 15 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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If the study is true, why is dyslexia a problem?  |
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yawarakaijin
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:21 am Post subject: |
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| alpope23 wrote: |
| If the study is true, why is dyslexia a problem? |
I believe that phenomenon only works if limited to a certain number of letters per word. Most english words normally fit under that limit in regards to everyday speech. Therefore yours is a very good question indeed. I would imagine it is because different areas of the brain are being affected. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 2:12 am Post subject: |
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| The first and last letters have to be correct or it becomes completely illegible. Dyslexia messes it all up. |
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merkurix
Joined: 21 Dec 2006
Location: Not far from the deep end.
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