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Alrighty then. Cyn passed this along to me this morning and I thought I’d share. Can we all read this?

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Posted on 03/19/07 at 12:37 PM
 




Linkmeister

That’s why I’m able to read as quickly as I do: I read whole words (or even blocks of words) and extrapolate.  Sometimes I do have to go back to double-check the meaning, but most of the time I’m OK.

The word that gave me the most trouble in that example? “sgtrane.”

United States   Posted by Linkmeister on 03/19/07  at  01:28 PM





justme

LOL my brother sent me that a few weeks ago. I thought I sent it to you? Funny huh.

United States   Posted by justme on 03/19/07  at  02:55 PM





Dave

Read the whole post out loud, to see if I could do it.  Only messed up one word.  The last sentence, in my mind, read:

“I always thought sleeping was important.”

Given the state of things around here, it’s no surprise that it made sense to me that way…

United States   Posted by Dave on 03/19/07  at  10:26 PM





steph

what a real guy at Cambridge has to say

Netherlands   Posted by steph on 03/20/07  at  01:27 AM





Kate

An urban legend. Just enough truth to make it fly. Still fun, though.

United States   Posted by Kate on 03/20/07  at  12:26 PM





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