Tihs si amzamnig!
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 porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the
huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a
wlohe.
Amzanig huh?
Amazing
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Stryke
qwerty uiop
asdfg hjkl
zxcvb nm
1029384756
!...?
This was the crux of the "whole-word learning" phenomenon which displaced phonetic analysis.
So now we have an entire generation of virtual illiterates who can not only not spell, but are also unable to pronounce any word they have not previously encountered.
(This would appear to be most of the dictionary.)
On the other hand, a friend of mine from another country told me that 600 words is all you need to be functional in a foreign language.
In my experience, it's about 60 in your native language, and if you can't read or write them, well, that's ok.
NM
asdfg hjkl
zxcvb nm
1029384756
!...?
This was the crux of the "whole-word learning" phenomenon which displaced phonetic analysis.
So now we have an entire generation of virtual illiterates who can not only not spell, but are also unable to pronounce any word they have not previously encountered.
(This would appear to be most of the dictionary.)
On the other hand, a friend of mine from another country told me that 600 words is all you need to be functional in a foreign language.
In my experience, it's about 60 in your native language, and if you can't read or write them, well, that's ok.
NM
