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FSACNIATNIG (Peploe can raed bteter tahn you mhgit tinhk tehy can)
National Review Online ^ | September 16, 2003 | Jonah Goldberg

Posted on 09/17/2003 11:09:59 PM PDT by Timesink

FSACNIATNIG [Jonah Goldberg]

From a reader:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
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To: RightWhale
Wlel, ta'hts the "socned" terahd toady, not tihs one. I was frist!
81 posted on 09/18/2003 1:29:28 PM PDT by Timesink
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To: Timesink
Bvaro! (Tihs is rlelay gtintig out of hnad.)

Cnoonigtraaluts! LOOLL!

:O)
82 posted on 09/18/2003 1:31:05 PM PDT by January24th
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To: Timesink
Yes, the srecooobk has been cerrotced.
83 posted on 09/18/2003 1:33:01 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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To: RightWhale
Okay, you've stumped me with "srecooobk".
84 posted on 09/18/2003 1:41:51 PM PDT by Timesink
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To: Timesink
"srecooobk".

sceroobok

Tehre is an art to tihs. ):

85 posted on 09/18/2003 1:51:32 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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To: Timesink; nutmeg; Clemenza; PARodrig; RaceBannon; firebrand; Black Agnes
Thisisoldstuffyoucanalsotypewithoutspacesaswellandpeoplewillstillbeabletomakeoutwhatyousayitisanoldtrickthatsomeonedredgesupeverynowandthen.
86 posted on 09/18/2003 1:53:26 PM PDT by Cacique
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To: Timesink
Smiply Maevorlous!
87 posted on 09/18/2003 1:57:01 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (God loves us all.)
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To: Timesink
The interesting thing about this observation is the relative importance of the first and last letters in understanding the word. Both in written and verbal language, the beginning and end of words are the most important to comprehension.
88 posted on 09/18/2003 2:20:51 PM PDT by Toskrin
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To: Toskrin
It's like German sentences. At the beginning and the end the most important parts of even the most complex sentences located ought to be.
89 posted on 09/18/2003 2:24:07 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Arfart is a Fckuing Ashsoel


i like diz very much
90 posted on 09/18/2003 2:28:50 PM PDT by jabotinsky
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To: Cacique
RTLOMAFO! ;-D
91 posted on 09/18/2003 5:07:17 PM PDT by nutmeg ("The DemocRATic party...has been hijacked by a confederacy of gangsters..." - Pat Caddell, 11/27/00)
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To: evilC
pnig!
92 posted on 09/18/2003 5:08:07 PM PDT by nutmeg ("The DemocRATic party...has been hijacked by a confederacy of gangsters..." - Pat Caddell, 11/27/00)
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To: LurkerNoMore!
I think my head is gonna explode - oh, wait - there it goes.
93 posted on 09/18/2003 5:10:12 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: Timesink
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

'Progressives' have been peddling this nostrum since the 1960s, when it was called the 'look-see' method of reading, resulting in a rising rate of functional illiteracy in this country. I can read what you wrote, but it took me two or three times longer and it was an effort, whereas when I read correctly-spelled and sequenced words, the task is comparatively effortless.

Repeat after me: phonics are our friends, and spelling is important!

94 posted on 09/18/2003 5:16:12 PM PDT by JoeSchem (Which way is Arnold's political weather vane pointing today?)
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To: Timesink
shit si raczy. utb sit uret. I hitnk
95 posted on 09/18/2003 5:17:26 PM PDT by RedwM
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To: nutmeg; esrevnI eilrahC
BTTT
96 posted on 09/18/2003 5:17:26 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: Timesink
bmup!
97 posted on 09/18/2003 5:20:02 PM PDT by 6ppc
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To: nutmeg
Tahkns for teh pnig ntuemg.

It is pereiclsy, taht ptatren rcgeitonn taht mkaes porof radenig so dfifcilut.
98 posted on 09/19/2003 5:21:43 AM PDT by evilC (Hopefully, I spelled ... er .. mispelled all those words core... er... incorrectly)
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To: mhking
Fun one for you in case you missed this :-)
99 posted on 09/21/2003 10:26:25 AM PDT by Tamzee ("Big government sounds too much like sluggish socialism."......Arnold Schwarzenegger)
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