The next time a spelling nazi gives you shit show them this.....

[ParanoidPat]

.....The following was found taped to a wall in the English Department at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California. :)

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cloud aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch sudty at Cmabridg Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer 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.

Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tohuhgt slpeling was ipmorantt! :evilgrin:

[unfrigginreal]

1. LOL

That's great! Thanks

[BlueNomad]

love it

hilarious

[Lavender Brown]

2. LOL

Lots of writers and people you might not expect had problems with spelling - F. Scott Fitzgerald, for one.

[DrWeird]

3. Oh, god, not another one of these.

This topic is far and away the most duplicated topic in the history of the lounge.

[tjwash]

5. Mike at winternet even has a flame warrior dedicated to that one...

The good old "grammarian"

[ParanoidPat]

6. I hvae to dsirgaee, taht wulod be the.......

WMD's not funod 404 erorr pgae! :evilgrin:

[goju]

4. Thats awesome

Noam Chomsky would be proud!

[Bossy Monkey]

7. I tnihk I've seen tihs brofee. Mybae you sluhod rasecerh borefe pintsog.

http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp

[ParanoidPat]

9. Waht's yuor pniot?

Satuts: Udntreeienmd :shrug: :evilgrin:

[allalone]

8. that's amazing

[miss_kitty]

10. ppl who can't spell always get pissed off by spelling Nazis

i only Nazi it up about spelling when I'm trying to piss off trolls. and then i throw it in at the end of a long line of good reasons why they and their opinion resembles an asshat. then they get 2x the pissed offedness...but it's rude to correct someone who's trying to communicate politely.
hey and htnak gdo fro selpl ckech!

[Karenina]

11. Wer WILL verstehen

VERSTEHT.