Friday, February 29, 2008

The importance of spelling

I have seen things like the below before, and find it incredibly interesting. Course, the next question is whether someone with aphasia can also read this. Or, for that matter, if someone who is dyslexic.....

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 dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs rpsoet it.

1 comment:

Misadventures of Widowhood said...

I just saw this---or something similar to it---at the AARP's site.
It really is amazing that we can still read those words. I'm dyslexia so I might have an edge, though, but Don can't write at all since his stroke.

Thanks for the note on my blog. We've had a little relapse of the flu but hopefully we're finally past it now. Can't wait until spring and warm weather.