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OddSox

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The phenomenal power of the human mind x

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 deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.
 
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ROGER O. THORNHILL

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Dat is cause ewe espeek Inglishh alll red ee.

der ihs ree sohn 4 diss.

mor dan 1 lan wesh inn da wurlhrd
 
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You mean JAJA has been vindicated???.....:eek:
 
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johnhenrygalt

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The misspelled paragraph is usually intelligible to those for whom English (including the North American version thereof) is the mother tongue. For many who learned English as a foreign language, a misspelled paragraph like that is virtually incomprehensible.
 
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OddSox

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johnhenrygalt said:
The misspelled paragraph is usually intelligible to those for whom English (including the North American version thereof) is the mother tongue. For many who learned English as a foreign language, a misspelled paragraph like that is virtually incomprehensible.
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I would assume it works the same for other 'western' languages such as German, Italian etc.?

But what about Arabic or Chinese? Does it still work for them?
 
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When I was studying languages, I was told that a common language is enables national building ( I don't mean civilization).

So when African tribes become a nation they speak and write a common language. When European countries lose their dialects and speak and write a common language they become a nation.

When McLuhan said the "medium is the message" what he meant was that media tools like newspapers radio, TV (and now the internet), a common language and a nation was built.

In Quebec, they take the written language very seriously.

So an occasional spelling error is fine, but if you can speak and write the language, please do it correctly.
 
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