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 thought slpeling was ipmorantt.
Raegerlsds of smaetinc, sytitncac, or ohgpartirohc pttlrideabiicy, the eye smees to peosrcs ivndiaduil ltretes ... Dsuitnirops in auldt raderes' eye moementvs idacitne taht the viuasl stysem tneds to ctcah the sslgiehtt mipilslnseg.
from Adams, M. J. (1990) Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p. 101
Hvae fun 😛
Originally posted by XanthosNZHmm, couldn't transelate that in the beginning so I just gave up 😛.
Raegerlsds of smaetinc, sytitncac, or ohgpartirohc pttlrideabiicy, the eye smees to peosrcs ivndiaduil ltretes ... Dsuitnirops in auldt raderes' eye moementvs idacitne taht the viuasl stysem tneds to ctcah the sslgiehtt mipilslnseg.
from Adams, M. J. (1990) Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p. 101
Hvae fun 😛
Originally posted by GalaxyShieldBasically the main reason it works is because you can pick up enough clues from simple words of say 5 or less letters that the rest can be determined plus most of the words used are shortish.
Hmm, couldn't transelate that in the beginning so I just gave up 😛.
However that breaks down when you don't have simple words like in the extract I gave.
Originally posted by KneverKnightVrey cveler! 😀
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 ...[text shortened]... istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.
Originally posted by adramforallWELL IF WE ARE ALL TALKING FUNNY I MAY AS WELL ADD THIS TO THE THREAD
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Originally posted by adramforallWhat do you do for a living I wonder - send signals aboard a nuclear submarine? 😉
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