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The Gyllenhaal Experiment

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Re: The Gyllenhaal Experiment

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Post by jethro_tell »

mikepurvis wrote: post #20
rf2019 wrote: post #18

This explains a lot of misspellings on envelopes I get through the mail, and it would be good to see this with your own name. It must be really sad if you’re Matthew mcconaughey and two thirds of the time your name is spelled wrongly in some way. Still, he’s doing ok

Yeah I'm sure he finds a way to cope.

There's also a difference between randos talking about you on the Internets and serious people spelling your name. They probably don't get it wrong on his chair or trailer on set. It's probably spelled right on his checks and other documents and in most all correspondence of any value. I cannot spell half my teammates last names from memory, but I don't rely on that because it's important communication.

Re: The Gyllenhaal Experiment

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Post by dx7tnt »

js2 wrote: post #19
Pigo wrote: post #11

>Chuck Palahniuk I've been reading his books since I found out who wrote Fight Club in 1999. My brain does NOT want to remember how to spell his name. It makes me feel like I have a learning disability.

I can never spell "bureaucracy" correctly without assistance. I always have to spell check it. Sometimes I can't even get close enough to spell check. I can't think of any other English words I have such trouble with.

I've often thought it a cruel irony that 'dyslexic' is spelled the way it is.

Re: The Gyllenhaal Experiment

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Post by smacktoward »

mikepurvis wrote: post #20
rf2019 wrote: post #18

This explains a lot of misspellings on envelopes I get through the mail, and it would be good to see this with your own name. It must be really sad if you’re Matthew mcconaughey and two thirds of the time your name is spelled wrongly in some way. Still, he’s doing ok

Yeah I'm sure he finds a way to cope.

With enough bongos and weed you can get through anything!

(For the young 'uns out there that don't get the reference: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/actor-mcconaugh...)

Re: The Gyllenhaal Experiment

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

danielsf wrote: post #31
lifeisstillgood wrote: post #23

A fun dataset (how many people cannot spell using Google's text box) but a couple of points 1. I could not recognise my first picture so had to use the speech tab - which I swear sounds like Mark McGuires (with the S). So I add the extra S and of course get it "wrong". I know I am being picky but ... Secondly, how much of this dataset is Google being too good at correcting our spelling - I know I regularly send googl…

This is a live dataset. All the examples except for Britney Spears are using user-submitted answers.

oh I assumed they had google data

OK so still same question applies - do we spell differently on mobiles vs keyboards - is spelling an intellectual thing or a cannot be bothered thing?

Re: The Gyllenhaal Experiment

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Post by anderspitman »

js2 wrote: post #19
Pigo wrote: post #11

>Chuck Palahniuk I've been reading his books since I found out who wrote Fight Club in 1999. My brain does NOT want to remember how to spell his name. It makes me feel like I have a learning disability.

I can never spell "bureaucracy" correctly without assistance. I always have to spell check it. Sometimes I can't even get close enough to spell check. I can't think of any other English words I have such trouble with.

Something that helps me remember how to spell words is to memorize the pronunciation in German (which I studied a bit years ago). Not translating the word, actually pronouncing the English (or whatever) word as if it were German. So bureau would be "burr-eh-ah-oo" (probably not perfect but good enough). This would work in any language with consistent pronunciation.
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