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| sparkylee Member Since: 06 Nov 2010 Location: surrey Posts: 1455  
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This still amazzzzzes me
Why do we bother with spelling? Unlike chess, in spelling the middle game is irrelevant. All that matters is the right choice at the beginning and the end. The middle letters, which must be the correct set of letters, can be completely jumbled and the reader will not be confused. To wit: "Arocdnicg to rsceearch 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 are in the rghit pcale. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit pobelrm. Tihs is buseace the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe." How can this little known God-given ability of the human brain be exercised to simplify, and perhaps improve, our lives? Any ttguhohs you cveelr TED fklos?  cleaver thing the mind It's good to be back from the dark side
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11th Jan 2014 10:29pm |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731  
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When I was courting my wife, I was a medical student and she was a trainee nurse - sort of middle class vs working.
Naturally I thought myself of far superior intelligence, so when one day she said "I shew you" I quickly corrected her. I felt like such a  later on when she found a dictionary and pointed out my mistake 
She's never let me forget it and since then I just accept that she's always right  Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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11th Jan 2014 11:41pm |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897  
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Whilst it's been the acceptable norm to write 'show' for many years, 'shew' is the correct spelling.
'Show' probably came into use during WW2.  |
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11th Jan 2014 11:55pm |
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| RustyM Member Since: 28 Oct 2013 Location: Africa/The Med Posts: 222 
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Sorry but as a member of Cambridge Universities Alumni I have to clear this matter up, please read the webpage via this link: - http://scienceavenger.blogspot.co.uk/2007/...-fake.html It clearly does not work as you can see from this example; "Bblaaesl pryleas pnmrrioefg sllaimy aeoulltsby dvrseee clbrpmaaoe tteenmrat."  90 & Wolf
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12th Jan 2014 12:42am |
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| ZeDefender Member Since: 15 Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 4731
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Thoroughly "QId"
 Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing... |
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12th Jan 2014 7:29am |
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| sparkylee Member Since: 06 Nov 2010 Location: surrey Posts: 1455
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Are you saying that not everything we find on the internet is not true
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Back to the drawing board then It's good to be back from the dark side
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12th Jan 2014 8:22am |
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| IanW Member Since: 12 Jun 2011 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 172  
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On the subject of 'shewn', all 'buses of the Aldershot and District Traction Company bore an internal transfer which read 'All season tickets to be Shewn'. Not a common usage, even in the late 50s. And that inverted comma before the word 'buses' really is pedantic. And as for starting two sentences with the word 'and' ...... Well! One wife - livid
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12th Jan 2014 9:45am |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897
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The inverted comma before 'buses was because they are omnibuses.
Most railway stations also used 'shewn' for their season ticket sigs. |
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12th Jan 2014 12:23pm |
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