Does correct spelling really matter: Cambridge University Says Spelling Does Not Matter? Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a...

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Cambridge University Says Spelling Does Not Matter?

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

CrackerMag Loc: Titusville, FL

Yes, it matters.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Lol appearently not

davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.

Naw it don’t matter

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

It doesn't matter as long as you don't mind people thinking you stopped your education around the 4th grade. Try it on a job application and see if it doesn't matter!

SkipGWV

What did you say?????

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

fourlocks wrote:

It doesn't matter as long as you don't mind people thinking you stopped your education around the 4th grade. Try it on a job application and see if it doesn't matter!

I've never hired anyone using an application. It takes about five minutes to tell if they can run a bulldozer.

Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin

dirtpusher wrote:

Cambridge University Says Spelling Does Not Matter?

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

OMG! R U 4 reel?

Dyslexics, rejioce! (No offense intended.)

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Sunnely wrote:

OMG! R U 4 reel?

Dyslexics, rejioce! (No offense intended.)

Yet a proven fact.

fourlocks Loc: Londonderry, NH

Hmmm... Point taken. I used to hire "kids" right out of college for an entry level position in the environmental field. Ignoring the application, I used to make them answer one of the interview questions on paper...no electronic grammar or spell check available, that way. You'd be amazed how many college grads misspelled words and had trouble stringing 3 or more sentences into an intelligent paragraph. Since the position required a lot of report writing, it made a difference.

Sunnely Loc: Wisconsin

dirtpusher wrote:

Yet a proven fact.

I have great respect for people with dyslexia. I came know a few people who have have dyslexia but are gifted in different ways. For example, when in high school, we had a classmate whom we thought talked somewhat gibberish and eccentric but brilliant (math). Of course, we suspected something was not right. Looking back, not a remote possibility that it's dyslexia.

Dyslexics' style of thinking and visual perception of anything is somehow different from that of the "normal" people like most of us.

FWIW, this iconic photographer had dyslexia: http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/success-stories/ansel-adams

There are a number of individuals who are known dyslexics or suspected of having it who have changed the way we think, work, and our way of life, itself e.g., Da Vinci, Edison, Tesla, Picasso, Steve Jobs, to name a few.

Once an ordinary individual and believed to have dyslexia, he told a friend (psychologist) the following: "Thoughts did not come in any verbal formulation. I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards." https://www.quora.com/Dyslexia-Was-Albert-Einstein-dyslexic

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

I doesn't matter up to a point. But if your misspellings result in another word with a different meaning, or are so far off that you can't tell what word it was supposed to be, then it hampers your ability to communicate. I also agree with the notion that frequent misspellings give the perception of lack of education, which can be harmful in, say, business communication.

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

JohnSwanda wrote:

I doesn't matter up to a point. But if your misspellings result in another word with a different meaning, or are so far off that you can't tell what word it was supposed to be, then it hampers your ability to communicate. I also agree with the notion that frequent misspellings give the perception of lack of education, which can be harmful in, say, business communication.

Now that good explanation when would make a difference

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

They are a bit slow. Research on this was first published in the education and science magazines decades ago.
Yes the brain can figure it out. But for looking things up (or computer "commands") and not looking like you failed your last IQ test spelling still counts.