<p>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 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 forwrad it.</p>
<p>Wow! Amazing!</p>
<p>Is that kind of like winning the lottery by having all the numbers in no particular order?</p>
<p>The future of spelling bees looks exciting indeed!</p>
<p>Vrey cool–I’ve seen sitomehng lkie tihs breofe. It took me a muitne to dcreisn the mnnieag of “aulaclty” tohguh. :D</p>
<p>By the way, one must still be able to spell, if the jumbled letters are going to make sense.</p>
<p>Wait, I had you until “dcreisn.”</p>
<p>simba~did you actually misspell something in your op?? :)</p>
<p>“The phaonmneal pweor” makes sense pretty easily… but what about:</p>
<p>“The paeoannmhl pweor,” however, is meaningless. My guess is that, once you jumble the letters enough, nothing makes sense.</p>
<p>sfkl saf laoe f;aie fjdk e9 dwp, d !!!</p>
<p>CDB</p>
<p>MNXRLT4U !</p>
<p>This is why reading doesn’t always improve spelling…better readers rely on word shape and context more then letter placement.</p>
<p>“Etaoin shrdlu!” (the war cry of the Elves)</p>
<p>I liked this very much, Simba. Thanks for posting… we are actually having a big community spelling bee in mid-May and I may use this for an opening challenge/laugh…very thought provoking…</p>
<p>What’s interesting is that I read every word fine in the original post, but for the life of me couldn’t decipher “aulaclty” when someone singled it out. Guess context is important too.</p>
<p>haha i couldn’t either</p>
<p>“This is why reading doesn’t always improve spelling…better readers rely on word shape and context more then letter placement.”</p>
<p>Which explains why my son, a prodigious reader who in the 8th grade tested at 2nd semester, college level, cant’ spell worth beans. I mean he is appallingly bad!</p>
<p>mainparent: That would be an excellent ice breaker. I have seen someone doing it in a workshop.</p>
<p>poetsheart, it may be true about spelling, but reading does improve writing skills and how you express your ideas. For example, I would never have used ‘prodigious reader’ :)</p>