How important is spelling?
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid!
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer inwaht 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.
December 22nd, 2006 at 1:05 am
I wulod kont lkie to raed waht you wotre in a nveol a tushonad pgeas lnog.
December 22nd, 2006 at 7:42 am
You are rhgit.
December 22nd, 2006 at 9:43 am
And, of course, your brain wouldn’t know what to look for in mixed up text if you hadn’t learnt the patterns of correctly spelled words in the first place.
December 23rd, 2006 at 2:01 pm
Right on Janet.