The Problem With Words

[Bob Pacey]

The Problem With Words


I aylaws tghuoht taht sleplnig
was a rael imnatropt sklil
and if I cloud not get it rhigt
I wloud be thguoht of as a dlil.

But I raed tihs sutdy taht tehy did
alhougth it relaly mdee frwon
taht siad spleinlgs not imnatropt
wehn the wrods you do witre dwon.

Now tihs sutdy fuond the hmuan bairn
deos not raed evrey letetr
and so lnog as all are in the wrod
we can all strat raeidng betetr.

The wrod can be a tatol mses
wtih letetrs stcuk in anwheyre
so lnog as the fisrt and lsat are rhgit
we rellay sholud not care.

Now I don't beielve taht tihs can be
becusae wehn I wnet to scohol
good raednig wrtnig and atirhemitc
wree alyaws the gloden rule.

And all throurh my edauctoin
thgouh it cuased me oh scuh strfie
If I did not splel croretcly
tehn I'd not seucre a job in laetr life.

Now it taeks a whlie to poendr
the rerepcusisons of tihs tlae
and I don't see how it can be true
but comomn snese msut now praveil

I'll mkae srue taht evrey tmie I splel
taht ecah wrod is as its maent to be
you will not see julbmed letetrs
or gablred wrods from me.

But I'll konw now in the fuutre
thgouh I'm not knwon to be so brgiht
eevn wehn I splel the wrods all wonrg
tehy raelly wlil be rihgt.


Bob Pacey ( C )

[manfredvijars]

Methinks you have far too much time on your hands Bob ... (Very clever) ...

Well done!

[Bob Pacey]

Nah just watched a doco last week on Sbs that showed that the human brain compensates for what we can not see or read.

Then this popped into my head and could not get it out ???


Cheers Bob

[Neville Briggs]

It's an intruiging phenomenon Bob, as long as you have the first and last letters of the word correct, the reader should be able to see the whole word correctly. I think it is because we don't read letter by letter, we identify words and even phrases in one glance.

[Irene]

Very clever Bob!! And yes, I could read it - though I must admit there were a couple of words I got stuck on!!!

[warooa]

I think the bigger the word and how you jumble the letters up makes it harder ie. reessioucnprs

[Bob Pacey]

Yeah Warooa

But !!!!!

The concept of the story , poem or song also allows the mind to assume what would come next. The brain is a marvellous thing.

Put that one in a story line and see if we can guess it. Sorry! see if my mind can work it out ?


Might need a few amber ales to think on it a bit.

Brain Cells

I'm a dinky-di Australian bloke
no fame and fortune do I seek.
Life's simple pleasures mean a lot to me
a grandchild's hug can make me weak.

But now I will admit I like a beer
a good brew really gives me pleasure
and I just don't mind the Bundy rum
hey full nips please no half measure.

But I seen a show the other day
about how brain cells can't survive.
When you soak them all in alcohol
there's not many left alive

Put the wind fair up me mate
bloody filled me heart with fear.
What pleasures were there left in life
if ya couldn't have a beer.

So I did some checking out me-self
but every check increased my dread.
Cause if I didn't give up drinking
all me cells would soon be dead.

But I still could not believe it
so I searched both near and far
and I finally found the answer
in my local public bar.

Cause I met this bloke called Macka
he worked in a brewery twenty years.
Straight up and down true blue he was
and reckoned he would rest me fears.

Well Macka set me straight all right
his logic is just great.
So sit down and sink a stubbie
while his story I relate

Now brain cells are like the wildebeest
that call Africa their home
and beer is like the lions
that hunt and follow as they roam.

The lions pick off the weakest beasts
cause they deserve to die
and so the herd grows stronger every day
oh the news near made me cry.

yeah I know it takes a while to ponder
the logic of his tale.
So we sat and mulled it over
as we sipped another ale.

We argued and discussed it
straight up and down yeah man to man.
And what he said just got more logical
each time we drank another can.

oh I know some will be sceptical
but now I have no fear
and it does not matter what you drink
be it wine or rum or beer.

It will only kill your weakest cells
and they weren't working anyway.
So alcohol is good for you
more so if taken every day

For those that don't believe me
I can tell you now right from the heart.
That's why when you drink a six pack
you feel really, really smart.

Bob Pacey ( C )

[r.magnay]

...ah thanks Bob, that's not the first time I have heard that story, it wasn't presented as well the first time and I still had reservations but you have now fixed that!....might go and crack one!

[Bob Pacey]

I was told the story by you could have guessed A Fourex Rep.

Thanks Bob

[Heather]

Well done Bob. I had a similar email some time back. Very clever of you to make it into a poem.

Heather