When I read this, I thought of the recent thread, here on Fodors, about spelling etc. leading me to think some Fodorites would get a kick out of this.
Scarlett


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.

...that is strange...I can read it at normal speed....funny

Yeah, isn't it weird?

smpliey ahmeznig miy dieihr Skahrllat.

Weird? It downright scary Scarlett, because it is easy to read! LOL.

Hi Scarlett, what is also weird is trying to post a reply to your thread. Not possible, sigh!

Well, I will try again.

And what is weird is that what you posted is understandable. That is not only weird, it is scary! LOL.

Shooo!

That's a relief.

At first I thought it was my meds

Wednesday, you scared me!

scared myself

No problem reading it at all. Perhaps teaching 7th grade has helped me in this task? {imagine smiley thingy here as I have no idea how to do it}

Eva:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/smileys/

drag mouse over characters next to the face and copy, then paste it beneath your message. it will not look like the smiley face or whichever one you choose until you hit "Post My Reply"

oh ya,

Atilla, Thanks I never knew how everyone did that. I will be sure to not overuse them as I have read that some find them annoying If you should notice that I get out of hand with them please let me know
Damn I am so proud of myself =D>
Eva

Hey, wait a minute, , ~o), but no wine glass --to whom should I address my complaints?

You are welcome Eva! What fun huh!?!


I have often wondered why there is no wine glass also.

to the whine master, of course!OSB

Gee, Scarlett, was there something unusual about the message you posted? It looks normal to me. Then again, I work in a psychiatric facility.

And I teach dyslexic kids all day long so I had no problems either--looks like a couple of my kids' essays...actually I saw that message at an inservice. Interesting, isn't it. Imagine being someone who sees things that way ALL the time. Is there any wonder many Learning Disabled people are horrendous spellers?

solution: just drink your wine out of a coffee cup like the rest of us.

or if you are Budman, drink it out of the beer mug.

I don't want my $6 bottle of wine smelling like coffee!! Don't be silly emd, if anything, drink it out of a martini glass. You will look classy too!

It makes me think that other languages that are based on phonetics really have a point.

My brother is a rocket scientist, yet a horrendous speller. He learned the Micronesian language quickly because you spell things exactly as they sound. Maybe in the English language, he's just a Typoglycemia expert!