Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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From Cambridge University
Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs. 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 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!
See, no need to correct spelling mistakes ever again, you should all know what i'm talking about
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Guest 743- Registered: 28 Feb 2012
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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I sxe wpyt yiu mstn, hly tjrs is gskut, bzt wfst a mogbfe, it ojty whdhs fbr ashrdbhs?
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Guest 650- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Fascinating. The only word I had a problem with was "aulaclty". That makes me wonder if maybe consonents are also key in this, not just first and last letter. Eg "cluod" is obvious, because the sounds are there, so is "rdanieg" and "awlyas"
Any thoughts from shorthand writers?
Guest 671- Registered: 4 May 2008
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Tom.
Does not work with Swahili.
"I sex is a it" was well hidden though
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#3
I see what you mean, hey this is great, but wait a minute, it only works with anagrams.
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Brian Dixon
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eh wot i'm from barcalona.
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Shorthand writers? I couldn't decipher it !
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Guest 650- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Shorthand just because eg Pitman's, the outlines rely on the consonant sounds, so as you and Bob will know, when reading it back you fill in the dots in the words (almost literally, for the vowels!). Eg a word like "dog" would be represented by the signs for the consonantal sounds of "d.g".
So the words "phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid" above are just "ph.n.m.n.l p.w.r of the h.m.n m.nd" ie ignore the vowels and it becomes much easier to read. Not all the words are in consonantal order, but most of them are, it seemed to me.
I tend to read by word shapes ... I see varying heights of spikes ... church towers and fields ..
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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and i see trees of green,so the song go's.
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A good description Maggie for the shorthand shapes !
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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I haven't managed to make cats or dogs tails out of this.
If I make a spelling mistake, my computer underlines it in red. C'est plus facile
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Spell checker made me realise how I incorrectly spelt a couple of words - for years!
Interestingly it appears that the ancient egyptians omitted vowels from their writings.
And I don't care what anyone says, it drives me mad to see incorrect spelling and bad grammar. But that is just little old pedantic me.
Guest 665- Registered: 24 Mar 2008
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Same here Diana, especially on official documents, websites and posters. I'm afraid I belong to the secret apostrophe police. Oooops, my secret's out now!
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Their, their now ladies, their their.
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Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
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Claire - what do the 'secret apostrophe police' do? I would like to be one of them !!
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Guest 744- Registered: 20 Mar 2012
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Kath I would like to think they go around deleting misplaced apostrophes, eg from possessive pronouns, greengrocers' apple's, pear's etc and adding apostrophes where necessary. Have a look at
http://www.apostrophe.org.uk - fascinating for anoraks like me
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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In years past I used to be a proof reader and as old habits die hard I would constantly correct letters, reports etc.
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That's what Bob still does, having spent years correcting reports for the paper!
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