re the old mixed-up letters thang - if we hadn’t been conditioned to read properly in the first place we wouldn’t be able to decode that gibberish. And to prove it, I’ll ask my 5 year old to try and read it to see what he makes of it.

Great use of a quick comic medium, too. Entertaining.

Cheers.

Things have come to a pretty pass,
Our romance is growing flat,
For you like this and the other
While I go for this and that.

Goodness knows what the end will be;
Oh, I don’t know where I’m at…
It looks as if we two will never be one,
Something must be done.

You say either and I say eyether,
You say neither and I say nyther;
Either, eyether, neether, nyther,
Let’s call the whole thing off!

You like potato and I like potaeto,
You like tomato and I like tomaeto;
Potato, potaeto, tomato, tomaeto!
Let’s call the whole thing off!

But oh! If we call the whole thing off,
Then we must part.
And oh! If we ever part,
Then that might break my heart!

So, if you like pajamas and I like pajahmas,
I’ll wear pajamas and give up pajahmas.
For we know we need each other,
So we better call the calling off off.
Let’s call the whole thing off!

You say laughter and I say lawfter,
You say after and I say awfter;
Laughter, lawfter, after, awfter,
Let’s call the whole thing off!

You like vanilla and I like vanella,
You, say parilla and I say parella;
Vanilla, vanella, Chocolate, strawberry!

So, if you go for oysters and I go for orsters
I’ll order oysters and cancel the orsters.
For we know we need each other,
So we better call the calling off o

My own spelling is far worse when I keyboard than when I write by hand. This is because my head knows how words are supposed to be spelt, but my fingers don’t always go down in the right order. Since I type much faster than I write, and usually without looking at the screen much, my eyes don’t get the chance to notice the errors until it’s too late!

Rats! I wish I’d thought of that to add to the pot on Tony Karrer’s recent debate about writing long-hand!