Does Spelling Really Matter?
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht 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.
March 24th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
And, to some extent, we read those words by the shapes of the tops of the letters. Try covering the bottom half of a line of text–you can still read it. Cover the top half, and you can’t. This is also why text in ALL CAPS is fatiguing to read: it’s all one straight line across the top, so we are forced to read every letter, rather than going by the shapes. Lots of small text in all caps usually means someone doesn’t want you reading it.
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March 24th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
YES
i have been vindicated! peopel bug me all the time about my spelling and now i know it doesn’t matter! woohoo
April 6th, 2006 at 12:52 am
See - we’re all a little bit dyslexic!