And yes, I know it's spelled wrong....
Tehre hvae been ltos of tiems in our lievs wehn taehcers hvae mraked us wrnog on qusetinos becasue we mispseleld a wrod. Somteiems the resaon we dind't get as hgih of a socre is becasue of tihs. Splelnig can be a rael prolbem for smoe pepole, but are thsoe taehcers raelly corerct?
I'm a decnet spleler, but I stlil dno't lkie it. A whlie ago, I saw somtehing on the copmuter that was prtety itneretsing. Acocrdnig to profesosrs at Cabrmidge Unviresity, spleling dosen't wrok the way we thnik it deos. Tehy say taht as lnog as the frist and lsat lteter of a wrod styas the smae, the inisde odrer of the letetrs dno't mtater. So deos taht maen taht we hvae been wrnog tihs enitre tmie?
Myabe spleling ins't as improtant as we thoguht. The olny thnig wtih tihs is, olny 55% of pepole can raed wrods tihs way, prboably becasue thye're so uesd to seieng it how it's "supopsed" to be. So tlel me, can you raed tihs?
If you can't read that above, this is what it translates to:
There have been lots of times in our lives when teachers have marked us wrong on questions because we misspelled a word. Sometimes the reason we didn't get as high of a score is because of this. Spelling can be a real problem for some people, but are those teachers actually correct?
I'm a decent speller, but I still don't like it. A while ago, I saw something on the computer that was pretty interesting. According to professors at Cambridge University, spelling doesn't work the way we think it does. They say that as long as the first and last letter of a word stays the same, the inside order of the letters don't matter. So does that mean that we have been wrong this entire time?
Maybe spelling isn't as important as we thought. The only thing with this is, only 55% of people can read words this way, probably because they're so used to seeing it how it's "supposed" to be. So tell me, can you read this?
That is really cool! I saw that too. My dad and I were having contests to see who could read the email the fastest. I totally agree though, I hate when I get marked off for that, but I kind of catch people when they do that and correct them so I probably shouldn't say anymore.
ReplyDeleteAwesome satire, and yes I could read the first part easily.
ReplyDeleteThat was fascinating. i was able to easily read the whole entry. What does this tell us about reading, as well as spelling? Absolutely interesting.
ReplyDeleteI love this! Spelling is very "touchy" though because soem people think that it is nesecesary for (ps, I probably spelled nesecesary wrong) human life to exist like the word STOP on a STOP sign cannot be spelled SOTP becaus epeople would just zoom on by, but there are soem people like myself that think that the words that teachers have drilled into our heads are their out of memory, but teachers never teach us root words or what prefixes mean, especially those Greek and Latin words. All I am saying is that if "Spelling" should be a unit, it should be structured more intelligently so that our brains are learning, not trying to memorize.
ReplyDeleteI actually went back and reread the entry, and I find that I actually read the top one faster in my brain and process the words better. I don't know, I'm a very differnet kind of person, but does anyone agree? (I also read books really slow if they are spelled correctly.)
ReplyDeleteThis is really interesting! I've never even thought about anything like this before and it's very different. Actually, after I thought about it, I read different dialects, like in books, better than correct grammar and spelling. I think I just have an internal voice that reads words that way, like it just comes naturally to me. Like if a word is missing a vowel or a letter is replaced, I can still understand it without it...I hope this makes sense.
ReplyDeleteI agree too. If something isn't exactly perfect, I can process it faster or something. Thats so cool, how you wrote about the email in that form of writing. Was it way easier to type the whole thing, or harder because your brain always goes to the correct spelling, and seemed wrong?
ReplyDeleteIt was actually harder to type it wrong. I actually just ended up typing it normally, then messing up the letter order. I agree to though that it is kind of easier to read things when they aren't spelled right.
ReplyDeleteThat is really weird how words don't have to spelled correctly for us to understand them. I agree that I read things faster when they are spelled wrong. I think that is because I can just make up the words with kind of a head start and I just randomly ends up being right. Really cool entry though.
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