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horusd

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Lol. Jst b gld ur nt rding txt spk n AAM! That's totally incomprehensible. My brother uses it all the time, takes me ages to work out what he is saying.
 
Olny srmat poelpe can.

Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch 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 wrodas a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
 
Lol. Jst b gld ur nt rding txt spk n AAM! That's totally incomprehensible. My brother uses it all the time, takes me ages to work out what he is saying. 05-02-2011 11:35 PM
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I refuse to *******ize the English language

Olny srmat poelpe can.

Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy.
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I don't do anagrams any more. I prefer simple crosswords.
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I refuse to *******ize the English language
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What's with the asterisk *. If it's good enough for the Oxford English dictionary, It should be good enough for AAM
 
levelpar said:
What's with the asterisk *. If it's good enough for the Oxford English dictionary, It should be good enough for AAM
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...and what's with the American English spelling ('ize' instead of 'ise'), another annoying trait creeping in?!?!?
 


Lol.I saw this test from Cambridge...fascinating. Horizon did a program a few months back on how adaptable our brains are. They has one blind guy who was able to cycle his bike around, and use a form of echo -location like a bat. Incredible stuff.

On the Americanization of words like color, honor, or "ises" instead of "izes", I really can't explain it, but these drive me nuts!
 
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