Why Worry About Spelling At All?

[Dan Schultz]

Don't delete this because it looks weird. Believe it or not you can read it
..

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch taem 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. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed
Typoglycemia -

Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

[windshieldbug]

"wrinnag: igemas in the morirr are ceslor tahn tehy arpaper"



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[Kevin Hendrick]

... Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed
Typoglycemia -

No rasoen to saugr-caot it ...
(lokos relmbaarky lkie Dilsexya to me )

Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

"Ipmoentt", mroe lkie ...

[Chuck(G)]

Don't delete this because it looks weird. Believe it or not you can read it

Yeah, Dan, but to put a very fine point on it, it's not misspelling, but simply letter juxtaposition.

I suppose this isn't misspelling, either:

http://members.aol.com/VoxVideus/meihem.html

[TexTuba]

That's kinda scary to me. I read it as if there were no mistakes.








Ralph

[ThomasDodd]

This is one of the areas of 'disconnect' in teaching math/science/technology (heck, probably even tuba) - our curriculums are often very based in memorization of facts - which requires a "relearning" later on in order to function as an expert.

The National Academy published an interesting paper (freely available on the internet) titled "How People Learn", which is largely a summary of our knowledge in the field. Here's an excerpt from "How Experts Differ From Novices":

They had no systematic way of making sense of contradictory claims. Thrust into a set of historical documents that demanded that they sort out competing claims and formulate a reasoned interpretation, the students, on the whole, were stymied.

I suspect many in the media and politics today have the same problem. Even if they didn't suffer, the audience, generally, wouldn't understand anyway. The disconnect you mention is not generaly bridged.