Friday, August 20, 2010

Study Links Athletic Performance With Elongated Spelling

Researchers at the Institute for Typically Disassociated Things revealed a study connecting physical skill and unexplainably long misspelled words.

"The findings were accidental in nature," said Dr. Lena Brownberry, ITDT project coordinator. "We were exploring the correlation between athleticism and interpersonal communication and found something completely different."

The study sample was drawn from current and former volleyball players living in central Illinois. Familiar sociological communication themes such as nurtureship, passion/aggression diads, or sympathetics were anticipated. However, the most persistent pattern to emerge was that of letter-repetition.

"u said u would txt me about it the other day..andddddd i never got a txt IDIOTT," shared an up-and-coming Eureka high school setter.

"lol i knoww! crrrap! i forgottt! im sorrry," countered a powerful hitter from Roanoke.

The phenomenon appeared to be intergenerational, though with a smaller sample size.

"Enjoying summer, but going way to fastttt! UGHH!" pronounced a parent and former Southwest Texas State standout.

Experts speculate that the extraordinarily long words may be attributable to enhanced physical stamina, above-average energy levels, or repeated spikes to the head.

To cross-validate the findings, ITDT announced a companion study which will review the Facebook accounts of math club members for evidence of incomplete word fragments.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

LITERALLY ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING MY HEAD OFF!!! Oh Joe...THIS is the BEST post!!