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I read it 'Neato - it was really cool!!!! 
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Not sure what any of this means though! I think it means there are some cool parents on this board that enjoy looking for patterns! I read it 'Neato - it was really cool!!!! Gvaet, bibuaze, I wis thamjung thit itstiid of P.M.'s we coind cimmonavate in cibe simse the arvinle mimtiumed thit omny smivt piomle coind reid it.
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Ok neato - now I had to think a little extry on that last coded message. That is amazing though, that you only need the correct number of letters in the middle, along with the right first and last letters, and I could still understand. Weird. I goiss it's bibuaze i'm so smivt?
Oh, I was always a good speller in grade school, and was extremely disappointed to learn after grade school that there were such things as spelling bees, and our school didn't participate in them. I think my spelling ability is related to my somewhat "photographic" memory - I can tell that a word doesn't look right. (When asked to spell a word, I'm best off if i can write it down, but I can picture it in my head if necessary.)
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Weird. I goiss it's bibuaze i'm so smivt? LOL! Of Coivze! What evil virus? I'm glad you have been freed!
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p.s.- you have also uncovered my coded point that the study is a little sketchy in that I suspect they carefully chose the nonsense letters in between the correct first and last. If you just randomly throw in letters it's easy to not understand the word, no matter how smart you are! However, couldn't outsmart you! 
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Context helps, too, I think. If you get on the right path with it, you have a much easier time with it. But anything surprising or unexpected would mess you up, I think.
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ugh - the evil Antivirus XP 2008 virus. Be warned, everyone. It is truly evil. I'm not sure how we got it, because we have 3 users, and one of them is 4 years old... But this virus pretends to be things that are totally legitimate and then eats away at all sorts of processes. i'm not techy enough to know what the deal is, but don't click on any popups you aren't 100% sure are related to your antivirus software. It starts out telling you that viruses have been found, and you should run the program to delete them. Don't press any buttons on this, even "close" or "no thanks" or "remind me later" - all tricks. You must close using the x in the upper right corner or alt-F4. That's the reason for my new avatar - i spend over 220 minutes on the phone, on hold or getting help to get rid of this virus.
Last edited by st pauli girl; 08/26/08 02:00 PM. Reason: sounded like popeye for a minute
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LOL! I'm sorry..  ........ But your post is too funny! LOL! Glad you can have a sense of humor about it! Thanks for the warning.
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Oh Dottie, we crossposted. props: LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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sorry for the non-spelling related rant! (but, you did ask neato!)
Back to topic (sort of ) - my DS4 can read very well, but has absolutely no interest in learning how to spell. I don't care about this really, but i guess i'm curious if people teach their kids spelling at the same time as reading, or do you handle it all separately?
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