tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post7950511531622556208..comments2023-10-21T00:46:09.389-07:00Comments on Blogger in Middle-earth: Why are tehse wdors esay to raed?Blogger In Middle-earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-48509861380268733182010-01-22T21:58:42.167-08:002010-01-22T21:58:42.167-08:00Haere mai Avatara!
I have played music on string ...<b>Haere mai Avatara!</b><br /><br />I have played music on string instruments for many decades. My first instrument was the violin. I then took up the guitar and eventually the mandolin.<br /><br />I started composing as a child of about 10 or 11 years. Since then, on and off, I've put down the notes for tunes that came through my head - maybe about a dozen or so, all of them with a Celtic influence. They come to me completely unconsciously, with no real intention of me composing in that genre.<br /><br />But when my son was to be married in 2007, I made a conscious effort to compose for his bride.<br /><br />Glad you dropped by!<br /><br /><b>Catchya later</b>Blogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-36752107567683910242010-01-22T19:10:45.667-08:002010-01-22T19:10:45.667-08:00Hi Ken,
I found your blog by searching "jumbl...Hi Ken,<br />I found your blog by searching "jumbled words". I'd come across them before in people's profiles but never looked into it, then saw it again the other day on the promo reel at http://www.devilfishcreative.com/index2.html<br />I've enjoyed reading through your blog - though provoking and more. BTW, do you compose as a hobby or...(?)Lilyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06079623216481942495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-79684511086980217382009-09-22T11:53:29.916-07:002009-09-22T11:53:29.916-07:00Right back at chaRight back at chaWDORShttp://www.wdors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-47675144160087846532009-06-18T22:21:48.536-07:002009-06-18T22:21:48.536-07:00Tēnā koe Virginia!
I am now able to report that C...Tēnā koe Virginia!<br /><br />I am now able to report that Carlos, a Mexican from Panama, who is also a senior teacher of Spanish language, can read the scrambled Spanish just as easily as he can read the scrambled English.<br /><br />What it is to have so many English speaking colleagues who are native to other countries!<br /><br />ngā mihi nuiBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-29567191583185196692009-06-17T13:57:04.271-07:002009-06-17T13:57:04.271-07:00Kia ora Virginia!
Sorry for taking so long to rep...Kia ora Virginia!<br /><br />Sorry for taking so long to reply to your comment - I have some interesting information for you.<br /><br />My poor German speaking colleague was sick for a few days so I could not ask her if she could read German text with scrambled words (I got the scrambled German text from <a href="http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/" rel="nofollow">Matt David's site</a>). Inka's observation is that she found both the scrambled German text and the scrambled English text both quite easy to read. <br /><br />I have approached a Spanish speaking colleague and asked the same question about the Spanish text. Carlos is yet to get back to me - I'll let you know.<br /><br />Catchya laterBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-81503908037247480552009-06-15T08:01:54.976-07:002009-06-15T08:01:54.976-07:00I would be interested to see research in which a n...I would be interested to see research in which a non native speaker reads the jumbled words. I think this also has something to do with pattern recognition. As the Hebrew Student pointed out, certain patterns in languages are markers for grammar (how the language is used) and others are used for word meaning. I wonder, for example, if German, which has such strict work placement rules (word order helps to identify how a word is working within a sentence) falls into this. Also, slavic languages, like Hebrew, have changes within the word depending which indicate gender, verb tense, and which word groups go together. <br /><br />Recently, there has a been research in the communication field on truncated speech which is the result of texting.V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-48601864365033770472009-06-13T16:38:48.231-07:002009-06-13T16:38:48.231-07:00Haere mai!
Kia ora Hebrew Student!
Thank you for ...Haere mai!<br />Kia ora Hebrew Student!<br /><br />Thank you for this elucidation. What you have shown me is that my original assumption of the role of the vowel (in other languages such as English) cannot be linked to the difficulty encountered with the Hebrew language, since vowels serve quite a different purpose in Hebrew words.<br /><br />I was not aware of this important feature of the Hebrew language. This is very useful to keep in mind and I thank you for your valuable input.<br /><br />Vowels have a role in forming the sound of syllables in English. Though they are also often silent in some words, they rarely serve any useful function in those positions.<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by.<br /><br />Catchya laterBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-1963437852855270842009-06-13T13:50:30.330-07:002009-06-13T13:50:30.330-07:00You mention that Hebrew becomes unreadable when th...You mention that Hebrew becomes unreadable when the vowels are scrambled. This is because the letters (consonants) of a Hebrew word define the basic root meaning of the word, but the vowels follow systematic patterns to say whether this is a noun, adjective, verb in various forms (passive, active, which form of the verb such as piel, hiphil etc.). So by scrambling the vowels, a Hebrew (or Arabic, for that matter) word could become unintelligible, or have a completely different meaning.Hebrew Studenthttp://allthingshebrew.com/hebrewalphabet.phpnoreply@blogger.com