Thursday, September 16, 2010

Can You RaeD Tihs?

For those of you concerned about your own spelling and the skills being developed by the younger generation through their text messaging read this:

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.  The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheeardh sduty at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't maetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a srod are, the olny improamtnt 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 slohe.  Azanmig huh?  Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt.


Curriously, this sign was found at Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge.

The misspelt sign outside Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge - Cambridge University parking sign has spelling error

Now taht gveis me pusae to tnhik.

Is it time to start worrying yet? 

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