Becuase they don't read. Annoys the hell out of me.

However, eating a boat cracks me up, and our group will most likely develop nicknames for him based on that

actually the problem isn't because people don't read but because the letters are exactly the same only 2 are in a different order

and as long as the frist and lsat lteter are in the smae palce, the hmuan barin will pcik up the wrod and raed / pornuonce it the smae way as if it were seplled corrcelty

and bceasue ETHAN is an acutal nmae, poelpe will raed it as scuh

Yeah. Same reason there are so many pilots flying in Rouge Squadron.

Etahn!..actually my squad name is "Ethan swarm" hehe

Etahn is eating a boat

Ibtisam is Ibby or

Krassis is Krass

Howlrunner is Howlie

Airen is The Kraken

Green Squad Pilot is Georges St. Pierre

Horton is Horton hears a who

Corran is Corn

Biggs is ******* Biggs

Iunno. Anyone ever heard Thrawn's full name? It's nuts.

Etahn A'bhat = Character named by some Ikea catalog writer while sitting in his Fluksveldi chair.

Ethan Habat = human name.

For the lulz:

http://www.easyflatpax.com/name-generator/