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| fredrik_w Diglot Newbie Sweden Joined 6344 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Mandarin | Message 9 of 17 22 February 2008 at 12:19pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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The post I made is not my own words but something I got in my mailbox, I guess it goes around the world. I read it and felt it had a entertainment value for this forum.
I do believe spelling is important and I also agree with bushwick and rob, 55 % seems low especially for native English speakers. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| leosmith Senior Member United States Joined 6550 days ago 2365 posts - 3804 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Tagalog | Message 10 of 17 22 February 2008 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
rfuf si sniend het cmneaes gdo ihtrg? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6894 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 11 of 17 23 February 2008 at 7:02am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I could read the garbled text in the original message almost as easily as normal English. I also don't think it requires any kind of advanced skills. Non-native learners from intermediate level and up should be able to read it, as of course native speakers, unless they have special difficulties eg. due to dyslexia. But i must confess I am totally stumped by "rfuf si sniend het cmneaes gdo ihtrg?". The best I can do is "ruff is sinned the ??? dog girth?" ? I can't believe there is actually any coherent meaning there in the first place, but would love to be proved wrong. Please help! Edited by Hencke on 23 February 2008 at 7:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6439 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 12 of 17 23 February 2008 at 8:35am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I'm equally stumped, though I suspect 'girth' is more likely to be 'right', and 'dog' may or may not be 'god'. Short of running the above through programs to find other words with the same letters but transposed, I don't understand it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| rob Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6165 days ago 287 posts - 288 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Norwegian, Mandarin | Message 13 of 17 23 February 2008 at 9:03am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I must admit, until I read Hencke's post, I thought this might be Cna yuo raed tihs Spanish-style (because of what DaraghM said)! I have no idea what that says. EDIT: Ruff is Dennis the Menaces dog right? - this took a *long* time. Edited by rob on 23 February 2008 at 9:10am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Lawrence Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6182 days ago 149 posts - 149 votes Speaks: Cantonese, English* Studies: German, French, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean | Message 14 of 17 23 February 2008 at 9:37am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Lol, Dennis the Menace's dog is Gnasher.
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| Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6894 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 15 of 17 23 February 2008 at 9:38am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Ah, so it _did_ mean something. Thank you very much. Just goes to show that this can be difficult too. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| bushwick Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6244 days ago 407 posts - 443 votes Speaks: German, Croatian*, English, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese | Message 16 of 17 23 February 2008 at 12:00pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
possibly, but i'd pertain this has much more with one's general ability to read even normal text. people who read a lot would, in my opinion, would definitely be able to read this, specifically because of the amount they read. reading becomes faster and faster with practice, to the point that, obviously, one does not read individual letters, rather the whole word. considering that, most of the people on this forum are to be classified as experienced literati (we are language learners after all, a language doesn't come without excessive reading, unless immersed in an environment) it is obvious everyone can read this. someone with less reading experience wouldn't, maybe. so i suppose it has nothing to do with the brain, and one's innate talents. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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