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Originally Posted by LazyScot
I would never associate "common" with "women". I think it may be a Pavlovian association.
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Good Answer!!
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Originally Posted by pking36330
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 a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?
This has given me a degree of comfort because since grade school I've never felt contrained to the single spelling of a wrod.
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Ah what memories this brings back!
When kids start out writing (usually in kindergarten here in the US), we tell them to use "inventive spelling", use whatever letters (or pictures) they need to tell the story. A lot of what I read looked just like this! Of course, they were only 5 years old!!
Seriously, though, we teachers do our best to teach kids spelling, the newest thing is Word Study - grouping like words together to help understand commonality rules, etc., but it all boils down to sounding things out and memorization. Unfortunately, as kids get older they rely more and more on computers to do the work for them. But, hey, the English language is messy, with ambiguous rules and words from other languages thrown in just to keep us on our toes!! I personally love my Spell Checker!!
Kaz