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Old 02-Nov-2004, 08:21
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Don't skip over this because it looks weird. Believe in yourself! Believe it or not, you can read it:

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pwoer of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseon't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat lttees be in the rgiht pclae. Amzanig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas thuoght slepling was ipmorantt.
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Casiopea,

Mnay tnhaks for a gerat psot. Ideend, it is radebale, and it's hirailuos as well! Slleping is tollaty uminroptant.

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Mnay tnhaks for a gerat psot. Ideend, it is radebale, and it's hirailuos as well! Slleping is tollaty uminroptant.

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I love that word! um ' in ' rop ' tant.
Today I'm going to use spell-speech, all day!
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Cassie are you trying to set a bad example?
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Aparuntly.
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And she is doing so really well.
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I cluod aulacity uesdnatnrd

What is the bold one?

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If the 'i' were another 'l' I'd think it's 'actually'.

Infectious stuff, that twisted spelling, isn't it?
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Y'all have too much time on your hands!!!!!!!!!!!!1111
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It looks like simplified Chinese characters for me. I've never learn it but I can recognize most of it.
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