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Adam Betts · Sep 14, 2003, 12:34 PM

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh
uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng
is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we
do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod
as a wlohe. ceehiro

Sherwin · Sep 14, 2003, 12:37 PM

They'll come up with anything to bump up the exam passes in this country.

Zimphire · Sep 14, 2003, 12:39 PM

Originally posted by Sherwin:
They'll come up with anything to bump up the exam passes in this country.

What country is that?

Xeo · Sep 14, 2003, 12:40 PM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh
uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng
is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we
do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod
as a wlohe. ceehiro

Wow, I ddni't hvae mcuh tbuorle radneig taht at all! Wried.

Xeo · Sep 14, 2003, 12:41 PM

Originally posted by Zimphire:
What country is that?

English university--methinks England.

rjenkinson · Sep 14, 2003, 12:47 PM

Originally posted by Xeo:
Wried.

series of letters which can spell more than one word are still a problem.

-r.

Xeo · Sep 14, 2003, 12:49 PM

Originally posted by rjenkinson:
series of letters which can spell more than one word are still a problem.

-r.

I thought the same thing. I'm guessing in a full sentence it might be easier to figure out one word from another by the words around it.

Sherwin · Sep 14, 2003, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by Xeo:
English university--methinks England.

Correct.

To explain: Correct spelling is no longer a required feature in exams and tests. The government is bent on raising exam pass rates year on year (i.e. we currently have a 95% pass rate - to hell with the Bell Curve).

As a result, anything which justifies the lowering of standards so that pass rates can be raised is a good thing.

Of course, this now means that us employers don't know which prospective employees are capable and which aren't, so we now tend to favour the pretty ones in short skirts.

Zimphire · Sep 14, 2003, 01:03 PM

http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/

Footy · Sep 14, 2003, 01:07 PM

Ncie psot! It relaly was Esay to raed. Geuss tehy are on to somtehing tehre.

-Fotoy

shmerek · Sep 14, 2003, 01:33 PM

tahts fckuing sutdip jstu anohtre eapmxle of teh dmubngi dwon of teh mssase. Wath fi teh odre is worgn btu terhe aer ltres msngi? Cna dmbusseas slitl gte ti?

Footy · Sep 14, 2003, 01:45 PM

Originally posted by shmerek:
tahts fckuing sutdip jstu anohtre eapmxle of teh dmubngi dwon of teh mssase. Wath fi teh odre is worgn btu terhe aer ltres msngi? Cna dmbusseas slitl gte ti?

I'm a dmbussa and I got it!

OwlBoy · Sep 14, 2003, 01:57 PM

Thats real interesting...

Now we know how to sware on the boards!

cnut!

-Owl

macvillage.net · Sep 14, 2003, 02:14 PM

It's sad that wasn't any harder to read than anything else. Pretty cool.

Adam Betts · Sep 14, 2003, 02:40 PM

Superchic[k]en,

Unfortunately you won't be getting this card:

You fall in the category of incorrect spelling instead of wrong order letters.

:XI: · Sep 14, 2003, 02:47 PM

If any of you were in #macnn yesterday, sorry. :/ I was spelling like I'd had too much to drink.
My conversation looked like the first post, but didn't make as much sense.

ReggieX · Sep 14, 2003, 03:10 PM

That's still no excuse for not learning how to spell and write correctly. And that goes doubly so for the current generation of people who are growing up spending too much time on their computers.

quandarry · Sep 14, 2003, 03:18 PM

you'll do anything to excuse your bad grammar and spelling eh adam?...doesn't cut with me...if someone continually misspells words it shows an unwillingness to learn from mistakes...

before someone busts me for my grammar...by bad grammar i mean transposing words etc....not caps, periods and so on...when posting anything i tend to be very informal and type the way a person may converse auditorially...

Adam Betts · Sep 14, 2003, 03:20 PM

Originally posted by ReggieX:
That's still no excuse for not learning how to spell and write correctly. And that goes doubly so for the current generation of people who are growing up spending too much time on their computers.

True I agree. I think Automatic Spell Checker contribute to the laziness of most people

Sherwin · Sep 14, 2003, 03:35 PM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
True I agree. I think Automatic Spell Checker contribute to the laziness of most people

I think more like most people don't bother to use spell-check in the first place. I would think that most people who actually use spell-check would eventually notice that a particular word is always underlined and that the correct spelling would slowly seep into their brain.

Adam Betts · Sep 14, 2003, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by quandarry:
you'll do anything to excuse your bad grammar and spelling eh adam?...doesn't cut with me...if someone continually misspells words it shows an unwillingness to learn from mistakes...

Wow, you jumped over the conclusion

This thread is meant to be interesting, not to defend my weak grammar and spelling

Way to start a personal attack on me again

Cipher13 · Sep 14, 2003, 05:22 PM

:rloylese:

quandarry · Sep 14, 2003, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
:rloylese:

roflolx2

Adam Betts · Sep 14, 2003, 06:00 PM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
:rloylese:

Good one

dtriska · Sep 14, 2003, 06:06 PM

Originally posted by Sherwin:
I think more like most people don't bother to use spell-check in the first place. I would think that most people who actually use spell-check would eventually notice that a particular word is always underlined and that the correct spelling would slowly seep into their brain.

There's two different ways to spellcheck; words spelled incorrectly are underlined, and words spelled incorrectly are automatically corrected. The former is good; it provides the user a chance to see the misspelling, see the correct spelling, and know better for next time. The latter is bad; it doesn't give the user any indication that an error was made, and the user continues to spell incorrectly.

sandsl · Sep 14, 2003, 06:44 PM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh
uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng
is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we
do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod
as a wlohe. ceehiro

Thanks Adam thats really cool. I could read it without a problem or a hitch

absolutely brilliant

Xeo · Sep 15, 2003, 02:53 AM

Hey Adam, do you have a link for this or did you find out from some non-internet source?

Ogirnlaly ptseod by shmerek:
tahts fckuing sutdip jstu anohtre eapmxle of teh dmubngi dwon of teh mssase. Wath fi teh odre is worgn btu terhe aer ltres msngi? Cna dmbusseas slitl gte ti?

You did two tests there. One for messing up the order without ending it on the same letter, and one for leaving letters out. Both are harder to read than leaving the first and last letters correct and reordering the rest.

Jansar · Sep 15, 2003, 03:00 AM

Originally posted by Xeo:

You did two tests there. One for messing up the order without ending it on the same letter, and one for leaving letters out. Both are harder to read than leaving the first and last letters correct and reordering the rest.

To put simply, he didn't get it.

IUJHJSDHE · Sep 15, 2003, 03:06 AM

Originally posted by shmerek:
tahts fckuing sutdip jstu anohtre eapmxle of teh dmubngi dwon of teh mssase. Wath fi teh odre is worgn btu terhe aer ltres msngi? Cna dmbusseas slitl gte ti?

I am not sure if you meant it to be like this, but that read like a LOT of typos, not bad spelling.

What I hate is when someone constantly uses letters instead of words, and say it's so they can type faster.

u = you
y = why
o = oh (I hate this one, how hard is it to his one extra key?)
plz = please
cos = because

I don't mind as much when it's abbreviating several words, like wtf, or btw.

Cipher13 · Sep 15, 2003, 04:59 AM

Originally posted by IUJHJSDHE:
I am not sure if you meant it to be like this, but that read like a LOT of typos, not bad spelling.

What I hate is when someone constantly uses letters instead of words, and say it's so they can type faster.

u = you
y = why
o = oh (I hate this one, how hard is it to his one extra key?)
plz = please
cos = because

I don't mind as much when it's abbreviating several words, like wtf, or btw.

I ignore people if they speak to me like that via ICQ, AIM, IRC, SMS, or whatever.

Even worse, though.

One guy I know (total loser) spells the word "can't" like this: carnt.

AFJKLSADFLKSFJDLK
*GOES ON HOMICIDAL RAMPAGE*

OwlBoy · Sep 15, 2003, 07:49 PM

Originally posted by Xeo:
Hey Adam, do you have a link for this or did you find out from some non-internet source?

You did two tests there. One for messing up the order without ending it on the same letter, and one for leaving letters out. Both are harder to read than leaving the first and last letters correct and reordering the rest.

http://science.slashdot.org/science/...id=134&tid=186

(posted after adam posted this thread...)

-Owl

olePigeon · Sep 15, 2003, 07:57 PM

Originally posted by Jansar:
To put simply, he didn't get it.

Hey Jansar, did you see the episode where Xena and Gabrielle were recreated in the future in a lab and that lesbian check kept asking them to look at her "Gabby Tapes?"

It was like 10 minutes of Xena and Gabrielle kissing, hugging, and staring at each other.

osiris · Sep 15, 2003, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
I ignore people if they speak to me like that via ICQ, AIM, IRC, SMS, or whatever.

Even worse, though.

One guy I know (total loser) spells the word "can't" like this: carnt.

AFJKLSADFLKSFJDLK
*GOES ON HOMICIDAL RAMPAGE*

What about the losers who spell 'loser' 'looser'? I hate when that happens.

OwlBoy · Sep 15, 2003, 08:23 PM

Originally posted by osiris:
What about the losers who spell 'loser' 'looser'? I hate when that happens.

or people who leave their location as garbled text?

(as of 9/15/03 7:23 CST)

-Owl

osiris · Sep 15, 2003, 08:51 PM

Originally posted by OwlBoy:
or people who leave their location as garbled text?

(as of 9/15/03 7:23 CST)

-Owl

No international language support in your browser?

Adam Betts · Sep 15, 2003, 11:04 PM

Originally posted by osiris:
No international language support in your browser?

nyc is international? News to me

osiris · Sep 15, 2003, 11:39 PM

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
nyc is international? News to me

veri intarnashinall, ya noe.