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How important is Spelling?

DRB

unemployed bum
Oct 24, 2002
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Watchin' you. Writing it all down.
Can you read this?????

Olny srmat poelpe can.

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 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. Amzanig! huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot
slpeling was ipmorantt!
 

Jeremy R

<b>x</b>
Nov 15, 2001
9,701
1,056
behind you with a snap pop
I read that paragraph perfectly.
But I have build up a high tolerance by translating posts on here from Santa Barbara.

As far as if spelling is important:
Here is a story:
When my wife was working at Re-Max there was this agent named Rod who would not proofread his ads to the Real Estate Book.

Under one of his houses, it was supposed to say:
"For a good price, call Rod!"

instead he said:

"For a good prik, call Rod!"

Spelling can be important.
 

Skookum

bikey's is cool
Jul 26, 2002
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in a bear cave
i peolalrsny dn'ot ralely croncee mlyesf aubot plpeoes sllenepg hree, heevowr iviliualddns suhlod be benand for ro-nen snectnees and hlod utetr ceptomnt for thsoe who rusefe usnig prhaagrags.
 

Changleen

Paranoid Member
Jan 9, 2004
14,721
2,706
Pōneke
See the DH forum there the 1s that rite usin grmaticly rong words + no punctuatiooon and spel most everthin wrong and cant use a sentance to save there lifes.
 

skinny mike

Turbo Monkey
Jan 24, 2005
6,415
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wasnt there some good poem titled "spelling is impotent?" all i remember is that it was filled with words that sounded the same but had completely different meanings.
 

Reactor

Turbo Monkey
Apr 5, 2005
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1
Chandler, AZ, USA
Changleen said:
See the DH forum there the 1s that rite usin grmaticly rong words + no punctuatiooon and spel most everthin wrong and cant use a sentance to save there lifes.

Really? I thought the bad spelling and grammar was caused by repeated head injuries, and didn't want to embarrass anyone.