Gutted due to bad spelling Blog Discussion 27 July 2005 at 4:40PM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Martin's Blogs & Appearances & MoneySavingExpert in the News 24 replies 2.6K views

Mark7799

*sandymogs* wrote: »

I've only just noticed this thread is two years old lol.

Whoops:o

jackieb

Found it! http://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2005/07/

Martin's had more responses in the past day or two than he had 2 years ago.

kate1976

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.

*sandymogs*

KathrynPenguin wrote: »

As an ICT teacher seeing bad spelling infuriates me. Being unable to spell is excusable but being unable to recognise the problem and use a spell checker isn't.

I am cursed with a total inabilty to spell correctly as I was taught ITA at a young age and that turned out to be a completed disaster. I have however found that in the past 10 years my spelling has improved greatly due entirely to the automatic spell checker in Word. Seeing each mistake underlined in red really helped me to learn spelling, being given the chance to then choose the correct spelling without being made to look silly is helpful.

Yes I refuse to correct the kids spelling, I just tell them its wrong and to go off and sort it out.

P.S - I don't have the spelling tool downloaded on this new laptop so I couldn't spell check this entry!

I was just curious what you had typed in the search box to resurrect this thread lol. Oh and you spelt inability wrong.