Cambridge Uni research

[manor]

I came across this and thought that those of you that may have missed this would find it interesting

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

So for all those bad spellers out there, which includes me - just get the first and last letter correct, problem solved

weird or what!

[InLove]

Taht's fntasaitc buesace I cna't slepl

That was harder than I thought it was going to be

[manor]

Originally Posted by InLove

Taht's fntasaitc buesace I cna't slepl

That was harder than I thought it was going to be

i urodnetsod evrey wrod

There is even a site you can type in what ever and it will scramble it for you - http://www.lerfjhax.com/scrambler

[InLove]

Teh scrmlbaer is garet buscaee it menas taht I don’t hvae to tinhk too hrad. I fnuod it dcfufliit to srcblame wrdos by msylef and kpet laenivg letrtes out of the wrod althgtoeer. I thnik the rearcesah is vrey cecorrt, why wulod the mnid raed ervey lteter? It olny mkaes snece. Tihs deos eaplxin how I miss all my tpyos wehn I’m wrtinig my noevl. Taht’s why sepll cecekhr was invetned!

I don't know why but that's kind of fun

[saz180]

I was qtuie ssuerirpd taht i cuold aaullcty raed tihs, and yes i uesd the wrod smareblcr to wirte tihs

[Nutty_ZA]

Originally Posted by InLove

Taht’s why sepll cecekhr was invetned!

Speaking of Spell Checkers.....
Here's a little poem... go ahead... spell check it

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a quay and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
It's letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

[InLove]

Originally Posted by Nutty_ZA

Speaking of Spell Checkers.....
Here's a little poem... go ahead... spell check it

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a quay and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
It's rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
It's letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

I like that it does point out that spell checkers aren't perfect. They only show words that are spelt incorrectly not when you've used the wrong word!

[Waldo]

I think the most fun you can have with the spell checker is the alternative words it comes up with for people's names.

[Mike]

Spell checkers annoy me, even when I set it to UK English it sneaks in American spelling

[Nutty_ZA]

Originally Posted by Mike

Spell checkers annoy me, even when I set it to UK English it sneaks in American spelling

That's not the Spell Checkers fault... it's those damned Americans at Microsoft

BTW... whom are you suspicious of?