And you thought text slang was hard to read...

[Biker]

Got this sent to me by my Aunt today, I looked at it a few times before the penny dropped. Kinda clever in a way. Thought I'd mess with a few heads here with it too.


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[luckylee]

got it now, good that is.
was turning me lap top upside down then lol.

 

[Ahjno]

That's sooo cool!!

 

[luckylee]

thats great bud, and proud i am to.

 

[The Big Lebowski]

That messed me up the first time... Now I could read it backwards

 

[Toddy]

Squint a wee bit and it's very legible

M

 

[wicca]

Took a minute but the penny dropped eventually..

On the subject of text speak..these are for us more..err..mature readers..

ROFLACGU..Rolling on the floor and can't get up
FWIW........Forgot where I was..
BTW..........Bring the wheelchair...

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Thats spooky!

 

[Mesquite]

LOL... strange but stuff like that I can read as easily as normal printed english

Same as the one where the letters in the middle of a word are msseed up are esay to raed bceuase the mnid looks at the fsrit and lsat ltteers of a wrod and so lnog as the rset of the lteetrs are tehre eevn if tehy're mxied up you can sitll read the words

 

[OliveDrabnotDPM]

As a proud dyslexic, that was pretty easy!
Mesquite, you are soo right. I saw something similar whilst at university (a long time ago). Something about the importance of the content of the writing, not the spelling. It made me feel good for a while!

 

[vizsla]

At firt glimps looks to hard to even try but then it suddenly becomes easy.

 

[Teepee]

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[ex-member Raikey]

i do a similar thing when reading ,...with whole sentences, even paragraphs once i get into it..,....

think about it, no one actually spells out every letter of a word when reading it,....

the same can be applied to full sentences if they have a normal structure,

you see the key elements of a sentence and digest it whilst scanning the next one ,...and on and on,...

i dont know if its a recognised technique, its just something i realised i do when deeply involved in a book,..

the wife watches me as i read in bed and says, "you cant possibly be reading that!"

and it a way,...i,m not READING it but just LOOKING at it,....but it still goes in,...and i can get through a page in 4 or 5 seconds , without losing the enjoyment,...

i do occasionally go back over the more descriptive stuff but not as often as you'd think,..

it takes a page to get it rolling and if you look up or think about it too much it stops , and you have to get it rolling again,.....

does anyone else do this?,...

haha am i making sense?.....no,...well i know what i mean,.....hahahahaha

Stu

 

[Mesquite]

i do a similar thing when reading ,...with whole sentences, even paragraphs once i get into it..,....

think about it, no one actually spells out every letter of a word when reading it,....

the same can be applied to full sentences if they have a normal structure,

you see the key elements of a sentence and digest it whilst scanning the next one ,...and on and on,...

i dont know if its a recognised technique, its just something i realised i do when deeply involved in a book,..

the wife watches me as i read in bed and says, "you cant possibly be reading that!"

and it a way,...i,m not READING it but just LOOKING at it,....but it still goes in,...and i can get through a page in 4 or 5 seconds , without losing the enjoyment,...

i do occasionally go back over the more descriptive stuff but not as often as you'd think,..

it takes a page to get it rolling and if you look up or think about it too much it stops , and you have to get it rolling again,.....

does anyone else do this?,...

haha am i making sense?.....no,...well i know what i mean,.....hahahahaha

Stu

It's called speed reading... I can do it to a certain degree but I try not to when I'm reading a book I'm really into as I like to really immerse myself in it

 

[ex-member Raikey]

It's called speed reading... I can do it to a certain degree but I try not to when I'm reading a book I'm really into as I like to really immerse myself in it

i was aware of speed reading ,..but never really looked into how to actually do it,..hahaha

so your telling me i,m not special??..

my Mam says i am!!

 

[Mesquite]

i was aware of speed reading ,..but never really looked into how to actually do it,..hahaha

so your telling me i,m not special??..

my Mam says i am!!

Sorry... the way you describe your speed reading is recognised as 'skimming'

 

[ex-member Raikey]

Sorry... the way you describe your speed reading is recognised as 'skimming'

so i am special....?

or is skimming common too,....?

 

[Man of Tanith]

LOL... strange but stuff like that I can read as easily as normal printed english

Same as the one where the letters in the middle of a word are msseed up are esay to raed bceuase the mnid looks at the fsrit and lsat ltteers of a wrod and so lnog as the rset of the lteetrs are tehre eevn if tehy're mxied up you can sitll read the words

you and me both steve
says something about the way our brains work i guess

 

[Eric_Methven]

so i am special....?

Of course you're special. That's why you went to a special school!

 

[Tadpole]

Got this sent to me by my Aunt today, I looked at it a few times before the penny dropped. Kinda clever in a way. Thought I'd mess with a few heads here with it too.


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