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Old 02-23-2009, 02:00 AM
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Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

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 dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs forwrad it
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Old 02-23-2009, 02:48 AM
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Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

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 dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs forwrad it
I think it's because we're all used to reading posts from trolls that type like this.
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Old 02-23-2009, 02:57 AM
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^^^ LOL That may be true
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Old 02-23-2009, 03:02 AM
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Maybe we are all dyslexic? IDK? Just saying...
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Old 02-23-2009, 08:04 AM
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Old 02-23-2009, 10:18 AM
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Hello. I am a relatively new member to GreekChat.com. Although not a member of any Greek-letter organization, I have served as an adviser and am interested in learning as much as I can about Greek life. As a college professor, I found your post about scrambling letters in words intriguing. Thanks for sharing; however, if I may, I would like to provide a word of caution about writing and/or reading material constructed in this way via an example. The mind is extremely vulnerable to habit, which I think is evidenced by the fact that some students will submit papers for grading that contain acronyms, partial words, or abbreviated words, e.g. LOL, becus, etc., typically used when sending a text message. Although I understand what is being written, it is not a good practice to undergo in formal settings. I don't like having to downgrade papers for grammatical errors when I think this is happening unconsciously, but it is something that must be done so that students realize they are doing this. I don't think there are too many bosses who would appreciate this type of "language" while producing on the job material or E-mails.
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Old 02-23-2009, 10:44 AM
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Hello. I am a relatively new member to GreekChat.com. Although not a member of any Greek-letter organization, I have served as an adviser and am interested in learning as much as I can about Greek life. As a college professor, I found your post about scrambling letters in words intriguing. Thanks for sharing; however, if I may, I would like to provide a word of caution about writing and/or reading material constructed in this way via an example. The mind is extremely vulnerable to habit, which I think is evidenced by the fact that some students will submit papers for grading that contain acronyms, partial words, or abbreviated words, e.g. LOL, becus, etc., typically used when sending a text message. Although I understand what is being written, it is not a good practice to undergo in formal settings. I don't like having to downgrade papers for grammatical errors when I think this is happening unconsciously, but it is something that must be done so that students realize they are doing this. I don't think there are too many bosses who would appreciate this type of "language" while producing on the job material or E-mails.

I don't know that anyone would read that post over and over enough for that type of mismatched spelling to become habit.
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Old 02-23-2009, 11:02 AM
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And while we are on the subject of writing habits, check out this article on the death of cursive writing
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Old 02-23-2009, 11:04 AM
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Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

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 dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs forwrad it
I read it just like a normal paragraph.
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Old 02-23-2009, 03:10 PM
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I could have sworn this was posted on GC recently.
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Old 02-23-2009, 03:54 PM
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I could have sworn this was posted on GC recently.
mayeb yuo raed ti rwong

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Old 02-23-2009, 04:43 PM
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Live-in started school in Canada and went the equivalent of Kindergarten to fourth grade before his family moved back to the US. His mom told me a funny story a few months ago.

Apparently, when he started school in the US, he couldn't read what the teacher was writing on the board. He FREAKED OUT. His teacher sent a note home, suggesting that his parents test him for all sorts of learning disabilities and asking them to set up a meeting ASAP.

They went to the classroom and met with the teacher, and everything went well and they set up a time for him to be tested. That night at home, live-in saw one of his mom's grocery lists and said "SEE - THIS IS WHAT I CAN'T READ. BUT I CAN READ!!!!!!!" The grocery list was written in cursive. He had no problems with printing.

Canada apparently doesn't teach cursive in schools, at least not before the fourth grade level. He still has problems with my handwriting (I write EVERYTHING in cursive because my dad was a handwriting NAZI) and can't write in cursive himself at all.
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Old 02-23-2009, 05:24 PM
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Old 02-23-2009, 07:36 PM
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My kids learned the d'nealian handwriting method from kindergarten and it helped them ease into cursive much faster than we did when I was in school. This link shows samples of the method.
http://www.dnealian.com/

I write in cursive a lot because it's so much faster. You don't have to stop, start, stop, start, etc. I can't imagine printing notes during a lecture.
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Old 02-23-2009, 11:18 PM
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That kind of depresses me, honestly. I went to Catholic school and got the Palmer method penmanship books drilled into me. If anyone else went to Catholic school, you will understand the emphasis on penmanship LOL. I write everything in cursive. Its so much faster. I ALWAYS took notes in cursive.....made it easier to keep up with what the teachers were saying. And my printing looks like dog s anyway. The cursive looks so much nicer
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