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Clevlund Plane Deeler Internel Memmo: Connie Schultz Rites At 5th Grade Level. Thats gud!
Posted 5:45 PM by whatley (3) comments

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So, does that mean that those of us who actually went on to 12th grade, and often can be found reading books, and who use words like "tautology" and "serendipitous" and "verisimilitude", to say nothing of "phenomenology", have been wasting our time? Now I understand. Unless we all crowd into the peak of the normal distribution, we are arcane, obscure, and generally worthless. Hooray for Normalcy! -or- "I upped my readability. Up yours!"

# posted by  Andy : October 03, 2007 8:37 PM
 
OK I'm officially scared and/or depressed. WTF, over! I thought the idea of 12 years of education was to be able to read at a 12th grade level. This is really being discussed at a major American newspaper!? I'm sure we'll be able to find a cure for cancer using the syntax so popular in text messaging and rap music.

This is just fodder for the assholes denigrating liberalism. Wake up people you can't be liberal if you're stupid and if you can't read at an 8th grade level you're stupid. And who the fuck is giving out Pulitzer Prizes these days? Christ!

This is a subject for Lewis Black to tackle on the Daily Show. Like they say you can't make this shit up.

Jeez!!!!!

# posted by  A. O. : October 04, 2007 1:12 AM
 
Spelling must not be important.
From Cambridge University:

O lny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch 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 be in the rgh it pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

# posted by  Andy : October 05, 2007 8:41 AM
 
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