So What Purpose Spelling Bees

[Graueradler]

Sorry - Should ahve included N/A in the title

Try this on for size:

If you can read this, you have a strange mind too
Can you raed tihs?


i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to 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!

 

[Ghery]

Sorry - Should ahve included N/A in the title

Try this on for size:

If you can read this, you have a strange mind too
Can you raed tihs?


i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to 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!

You're a sick puppy. I must be, too, because I had no trouble at all reading that at my normal speed. They may be on to something.

 

[ScottM]

Sorry - Should ahve included N/A in the title

Try this on for size:

If you can read this, you have a strange mind too
Can you raed tihs?


i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to 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 have ever tried to learn a language that uses pictograms instead of letters to make word you will think it is hard but as your posting shows it isn't really. It is a matter of memorizing the way a word looks.

I am a person functionally illiterate in Chinese and Japanese since I can only read about 20 words.

 

[jesse]

That's awesome.

 

[gprellwitz]

I too had no (wlel ltilte) prelobm rdniaeg taht. I wendor, thuhoh, wtheehr it was bceusae of the seficpic ctorcsunt, or if it is ture glealerny. Wree I rlelay broed, I wluod wtire a pgarrom to tkee some raondm papaghrras and rgianzeore the lteerts acoirndcg to their aritlghom.