Spelling!

[Marion]

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total 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. Amzanig huh?

[beth1]

Brilliant I understood it perfectly even with dyslexia!

 

 

 

Beth

[Guest tinkerbell]

So wot wud mr rose say aowt it?

Tinkerbellx

[Guest]

Interesting!

[beth1]

So wot wud mr rose say aowt it?

Tinkerbellx

 

Umm vrey bad spenlilg I tihnk.

 

 

Beth

[Guest]

Deos tihs maen pohicns are out the wniodw??

 

Peggy

[Running Bunny]

How ironic, the first post made perfect sense, but the word 'phonics' in Peggy's post didn't scan properly....

 

Deos tihs maen pohicns are out the wniodw??

 

Peggy

 

I think we can only dream that phonics are out of the window - now that the EYFS has been published, I fear even more for the introduction of synthetic phonics as it comes under the 40-60 month age group, giving poor quality providers carte blanche to introduce schemes and reading to children who are 3 and a half, despite the last line of the box saying 'when a child is ready'.

If they are in a room/class with older children, I can see the return of flashcards and worksheets to the whole group....ARGHHHHHHH

 

Oh, that's a rather long sentence - sorry chaps!

Edited March 18, 2007 by Running Bunny

[Guest]

Really interesting, thanks for that.

[Marion]

Did anyone have problems reading it?

Aren't our brains wonderful?

 

And for those of us who rely on our spell checkers a poem

 

(try reading it aloud)

 

Prays the Lord for the spelling chequer

That came with our pea sea!

Mecca mistake and it puts you rite

Its so easy to ewes, you sea.

 

I never used to no, was it e before eye?

(Four sometimes its eye before e.)

But now I've discovered the quay to success

It's as simple as won, too, free!

 

Sew watt if you lose a letter or two,

The whirled won't come two an end!

Can't you sea? It's as plane as the knows on yore face

S. Chequer's my very best friend

 

I've always had trubble with letters that double

"Is it one or to S's?" I'd wine

But now, as I've tolled you this chequer is grate

And its hi thyme you got won, like mine.

[Guest]

Very clever! I had no problems reading it, except for 'phonics'. Running Bunny, I also wonder about the renewed emphasis on phonics. I hope people are not going to totally through out the whole word apporcah, reading for meaning, picture clues too. I do agree that phonics are important for early reading, but also think there should be a balance of teaching methods.

[Gezabel]

Fascinating stuff from the University and I think the answer is

 

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

 

Love the poem Marion and here is a slightly different version!

 

Eye have a spelling chequer

It came with my pea sea

It plainly marques four my revue

Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

 

Eye strike a quay and type a word

And weight four it two say

Weather eye am wrong oar write

It shows me strait a weigh.

 

As soon as a mist ache is made

It nose bee fore two long

And eye can put the error rite

Its rare lea ever wrong.

 

Eye have run this poem threw it

I am shore your pleased two no

Its letter perfect awl the weigh

My chequer tolled me sew.

 

 

 

Just for fun here is some more!!

 

Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:

 

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to

present the present.

8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail

18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.

19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests

21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

 

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in

pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in

France.

Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither

from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't

groce and hammers don't ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?

One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese?

If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them,

what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?

Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?

Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a

wise guy are opposites?

 

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house

can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it

out, and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the

creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That

is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are

out, they are invisible.

[Sue R]

What a priceless comment, Geraldine!!

 

I fiercely defend our rich and vibrant language, but get a bit peeved over spelling!! - just thought , I got a priceless email the other day - will try to find and post it!

 

Sue

[Beau]

I think we struggled with phonics because you need the 'ph' together for it to make sense, otherwise the 'p' makes a different sound. I have seen most of these before but has forgotten about them, so thanks for posting.

[hali]

it is clever how our brains work them out isnt it, facinating

[Guest]

I've seen all those things before but it's great isn't it? The English language officialy sucks/ is amazing depending on which way you look at it!

[Guest]

I got stuck on the 'phonics' word - read it as 'throwing politicians out of the window' - much better don't you think?????!!!!!!

[Beau]

I read it as politicians too!

[Guest]

So phonics does work ....... or is it called 'blends'????

 

but you need a 'h' after a 'p' to make a 'f'

 

Peggy

[Marion]

One of the mothers of a child in my class last year said she didn't want her child taught fonics because it was f for fony maybe she had read this.........

A little news item you may not be aware of...

 

The European Commission just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German, which was the other possibility.

 

As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase in plan that would be known as "EuroEnglish".

 

In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favor of the "k". This should klear up konfusion and keyboards kan have less letters.

 

There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with the "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20% shorter.

 

In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.

 

Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of the silent "e"'s in the language is disgraceful, and they should go away. By the 4th year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".

 

During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaiining "ou" and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.

 

After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.

[Guest]

Ah, yes....ve hav vays of making you speke ( and spell)

 

Now I must admit as I began reading your post, I thought the EU commission had decided to use English 'text' ( as in mobile phone) spelling.

GR8T, LOL

 

 

Peggy

[Sue R]

And that was what I've been searching my emails for!!!

 

Well done!!

 

Sue