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So who needs to spell crcreotly?
I saw this in a Eudora newsgroup today and thought some here might find it interesting, not that the topic hasn't arisen before:
'Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy the oredr of letetrs in a wrod dosen't mttaer, the olny thnig thta's iopmrantt is that the frsit and lsat ltteer of eevry word is in the crcreot ptoision. The rset can be jmbueld and one is stlil able to raed the txet wiohtut dclftfuiiy.'
Interesting to me is the truth of the last sentence, even though a number of words in the paragraph are badly jumbled.
Charles Riggs
Email address: chriggs>at>eircom>dot>net
'Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy the oredr of letetrs in a wrod dosen't mttaer, the olny thnig thta's iopmrantt is that the frsit and lsat ltteer of eevry word is in the crcreot ptoision. The rset can be jmbueld and one is stlil able to raed the txet wiohtut dclftfuiiy.'
Interesting to me is the truth of the last sentence, even though a number of words in the paragraph are badly jumbled.
Charles Riggs
Email address: chriggs>at>eircom>dot>net
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[nq:1]I saw this in a Eudora newsgroup today and thought some here might find it interesting, not that the topic ... [/nq] I'd think that if the subject is fairly simple, the last sentence expresses a truth. If the sentence were to be about a technical or scientific subject, things would change a bit.
- [nq:1]I saw this in a Eudora newsgroup today and thought some here might find it interesting, not that the topic ...
- [/nq] I'd think that if the subject is fairly simple, the last sentence expresses a truth.
- If the sentence were to be about a technical or scientific subject, things would change a bit.
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[nq:1]I saw this in a Eudora newsgroup today and thought some here might find it interesting, not that the topic ... me is the truth of the last sentence, even though a number of words in the paragraph are badly jumbled.[/nq]
I'd think that if the subject is fairly simple, the last sentence expresses a truth. If the sentence were to be about a technical or scientific subject, things would chan
I'd think that if the subject is fairly simple, the last sentence expresses a truth. If the sentence were to be about a technical or scientific subject, things would chan
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[nq:1]I saw this in a Eudora newsgroup today and thought some here might find it interesting, not that the topic ... me is the truth of the last sentence, even though a number of words in the paragraph are badly jumbled.[/nq]
This has been posted here before with the rules for legibility. The reason I know this is that I once posted it here and was most indelicately chided for causing anguish
This has been posted here before with the rules for legibility. The reason I know this is that I once posted it here and was most indelicately chided for causing anguish
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[nq:2]I saw this in a Eudora newsgroup today and thought ... a number of words in the paragraph are badly jumbled.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'd think that if the subject is fairly simple, the last sentence expresses a truth. If the sentence were to be about a technical or scientific subject, things would change a bit.[/nq]
Jeez, these are getting more pathetic as time goes by. "The rset can be jmbueld a
[nq:1]I'd think that if the subject is fairly simple, the last sentence expresses a truth. If the sentence were to be about a technical or scientific subject, things would change a bit.[/nq]
Jeez, these are getting more pathetic as time goes by. "The rset can be jmbueld a
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Yes.
I understand that whole languages have prospered leaving out written vowels entirely. Consider a related scheme first and last letters correct, respect the consonants, jumble the interior vowels. In the example nearly every word fits this order,
or is only one simple transposition away from this order. The portion that Donna pulled out doesn't even need the one trans
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Yes.
I understand that whole languages have prospered leaving out written vowels entirely. Consider a related scheme first and last letters correct, respect the consonants, jumble the interior vowels. In the example nearly every word fits this order,
or is only one simple transposition away from this order. The portion that Donna pulled out doesn't even need the one trans
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Charles Riggs (Email Removed) wrote on 14 Nov 2003:
Well, I certainly don't because whenever I make a typo, a thinko, or a spelling mistake these days, I get flamed or sighed at for it. I used to be a good speller, but this month I must've hit all the words I'm not sure about or spell incorrectly.
And while we're at it, does anyone pronounce the "mobile" ('mo bile) in "mobile phone" a
Well, I certainly don't because whenever I make a typo, a thinko, or a spelling mistake these days, I get flamed or sighed at for it. I used to be a good speller, but this month I must've hit all the words I'm not sure about or spell incorrectly.
And while we're at it, does anyone pronounce the "mobile" ('mo bile) in "mobile phone" a
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Yes, I do. It's easier to say, but I don't know if that's the reason. I've joked that I'd open a wireless division for my company Trexon and call it "Trexon Mobile", which sounds a bit like Exxon Mobil, at least the way I say it.
"In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil Trust, resulting in the spin-off of 34 companies, including Jersey Standard and Soco
"In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil Trust, resulting in the spin-off of 34 companies, including Jersey Standard and Soco
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[nq:1]Yes, I do. It's easier to say, but I don't know if that's the reason. I've joked that I'd open ... Trexon and call it "Trexon Mobile", which sounds a bit like Exxon Mobil, at least the way I say it.[/nq]
I wonder how the Mobil company answers the phone in Mobile, AL.
I wonder how the Mobil company answers the phone in Mobile, AL.
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[nq:1]'Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy the oredr of letetrs in a wrod dosen't mttaer, the olny thnig thta's iopmrantt ... in the crcreot ptoision. The rset can be jmbueld and one is stlil able to raed the txet wiohtut dclftfuiiy.'[/nq]
1. All comments to date seem to omit thepossibility of pleasure in reading, which
appears to vary with the skilll of the writer
rather than the
1. All comments to date seem to omit thepossibility of pleasure in reading, which
appears to vary with the skilll of the writer
rather than the
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Spehro Pefhany (Email Removed) wrote on 14 Nov 2003:
[nq:1]Yes, I do.[/nq]
Thank you for this info. I'm glad I'm not the only one. :-)
[nq:1]Yes, I do.[/nq]
Thank you for this info. I'm glad I'm not the only one. :-)
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While it was 14/11/03 12:41 pm throughout the UK, Richard Maurer sprinkled little black dots on a white screen, and they fell thus:
[nq:1]Now, if "T-e r t c-n be j d a-d o-e is s l a e to r d t-e t t w t d y" was instantly readable, I might have been a teensy bit more impressed.[/nq]
J d? D t y-u m n d d o-t?
S t.
My e-mail is valid but not my primary mailbox, aside from its b
[nq:1]Now, if "T-e r t c-n be j d a-d o-e is s l a e to r d t-e t t w t d y" was instantly readable, I might have been a teensy bit more impressed.[/nq]
J d? D t y-u m n d d o-t?
S t.
My e-mail is valid but not my primary mailbox, aside from its b
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