Sgatnre.....mkeas you tinhk tugohh

[stresingj]

I lahudeg out lodu wehn I saw tihs

Originally posted by tooshy
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh Uinervtisy, it deosn\'t mttaer in waht
oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and
lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you
can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey
lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Taht\'ll fcuk the splelchekcer

My first thought was Tooshy was hitting the sauce again, and I wanted some too. lol

It reminded me of my college days when we wrote stories like \'Guilty Looks Enter Tree Bares\' which started: \"Wants prawn a term...\"

Cheers Tooshy (i\'ve got my gin in hand),
Jack

 

[mickc22]

Fame!

Originally posted by tooshy

Originally posted by Skrit
I don\'t know why but this reminds me of the Tooshy is drunk topic!

You olny hvae 6 ptsos and you arelady konw aubot my dkneurn esopide Ttahs sohkcnig..... lol lol

.....not only celevr but fuaoms too..
...or is it ifnumaos

 

[ipaintminis]

i dnot konw if tihs is pobsilbe to do but i tohuhgt i wuold hvae a go at it!

 

[Avicenna]

wihslt eynervoe is tyrnig tihs out I toghhut I wolud jion in!

the qicuk borwn fox jmuepd oevr the lzay dog

Pteer, Pircne of Htas

 

[Corvus]

I got that mail about a year ago, and my co-worker and me were sending e-mails all day whit toshe siftehd lteerts :bouncy:

About what finn said: this is not a property of the text, but has to do with the font. Every good font, or handwriting should still be readable when covered for 50%.

 

[finn17]

You are right. But it is deeper than that.

Originally posted by Corvus
About what finn said: this is not a property of the text, but has to do with the font. Every good font, or handwriting should still be readable when covered for 50%.

Almost all language is \'content rich\' ie it contains far more information than the essential message. You can take a sample of speech and remove 50%of it, providing it is evenly spread, and it is still perfectly understandable.

The text/font trick only works with written languages that write against a bottom line. Only the top of the font varies in size and shape and this gives the necessary cues.

 

[Avicenna]

Originally posted by Corvus
whit toshe siftehd lteerts

Oooooooooooops Corvus broke it.... what does that say?

-Peter

 

[Corvus]

Did I forget some letters?

I meant \"with those shifted letters\".

 

[Avicenna]

aaaaaaah i see

no, all present and correct other than the \'with\' which needs the h at the end so should be \'wtih\'

other than that, I am not sure why i couldnt read it! my brain kept changing \'those\' into \'tooshy\'! ???

 

[Tuubje]

\\|/h@7 d0 y0u /|\\3@|\\| 1337 15 b@[) 4 U?

hehehehehee

 

[tooshy]

1337

OK...I managed to read your post Tuubje (btw, nice to see ya m8) but don\'t know a) what 1337 speak is and b) why it should be bad for you!

I cna\'t bivelee I get dnurk on one osociasn and ppoele jsut wno\'t let it lie!!

 

[ipaintminis]

u guys are funny,
@avicenna- i kept seeing \"tooshy\" too!

tihs is vrey itnsrehtng tehroy but nohtnig baets 133t seapk or txt mesasgnig prieod!lol

 

[Skrit]

Originally posted by tooshy

Originally posted by Skrit
I don\'t know why but this reminds me of the Tooshy is drunk topic!

You olny hvae 6 ptsos and you arelady konw aubot my dkneurn esopide Ttahs sohkcnig..... lol lol

Yes i know about you all! For the first few months you guys and gals were a (un)human study project for me.

Alas the virus kicked in and i could no longer resist to post something too!

 

[t_haye2]

i\'m very happy now, because when i type quickly, i have the tendency to \'mistype\' the order of the letters....now I know people can still understand me, no need to read over my posts anymore...

 

[finn17]

Watch it mate....

Originally posted by Skrit
Yes i know about you all! For the first few months you guys and gals were a (un)human study project for me.

There is only enough material for one psychologist around here:innocent:

 

[finn17]

Why English is so hard....

I can prove that this word:

ghoti

Says \'fish\'

It\'s not a trick, there is nothing devious.

I am sure one of you clever clogs will get it though

 

[ipaintminis]

Originally posted by finn17
I can prove that this word:

ghoti

Says \'fish\'

It\'s not a trick, there is nothing devious.

I am sure one of you clever clogs will get it though

oh gosh i remember studying this, in some word in the english language \"gh\" is pronounced \"f\" and so on and so forth and i think one of the words is nation, or something?

 

[Avicenna]

Originally posted by ipaintminis

Originally posted by finn17
I can prove that this word:

ghoti

Says \'fish\'

It\'s not a trick, there is nothing devious.

I am sure one of you clever clogs will get it though

oh gosh i remember studying this, in some word in the english language \"gh\" is pronounced \"f\" and so on and so forth and i think one of the words is nation, or something?

i think the gh in enough gives you the f
the the ti in nation gives you the sh

but how o becomes i god only knows!

-Peter

 

[supervike]

Originally posted by finn17

Originally posted by airhead
Get a book \"Why Johnnie cann\'t read\" It explains the difference between reading & work guessing. The problem is that so many of us don\'t read, we word guess.

Of course skilled readers word guess rather than \'read\'...like skilled mathematicians subitise rather than use their fingers.

It\'s not a \'problem\' however, because most of us are so good at word guessing that we understand print faster, and with the same accuracy, as if we \'read\' it.

When we listen we don\'t consciously decode langauge, we just pick up cues and guess at the \'gist\'. That is why there are so many misunderstandings

Generally, normal human beings will get the \'gist\' if provided with only 10% of the information content of any sensory input.
Which is pretty clever really

I thought \'word guessing\' would almost be a prerequisite of \'fast reading\'.
But as my youngest daughter is still struggling with some reading, I find that her problem is that she is guessing on words (especially the big ones).

So there seems to be a fine line between profecient reading using word guessing (which I know I do) and learning to read using it.

 

[dauber22]

Originally posted by Avicenna
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but how o becomes i god only knows!

-Peter

Oh, please don\'t say that! Now when Finn gives us the answer, he will also insist that he is God! lol lol lol lol