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Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :

You may have already seen this, but I hadn't so I thought I'd share:

quote:
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht teh
frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses
and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed
ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

It isn't quite as fast, and it would give horrible problems to kids learning to read.

Actual student blooper my Graduate Assistant friend just ran across and e-mailed me:

quote:
Atoms are the smallest living organism in the microscopic world.
They are composed of free flowing protons.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

KarlEd
I forwarded a copy of that to my dyslexic son (he's 16) He will love it -- that is pretty much how all his spelling comes out when he writes. But HE knows what it says....... [Wink]

Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :

They misspelled important.

Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :

quote:
They misspelled important.

Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :

I posted this last week here

Gerat Mndis Tihnk Aklie I Gesus

Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :

Rav says this is the original source.