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Can you read this?

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:22 pm
by Stellar Storm
Olny srmat poelpe can.

cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Re: Can you read this?

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:28 pm
by wxcrazytwo
Stellar Storm wrote:Olny srmat poelpe can.

cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!


Couldn't believe that I could ***** understand what I was reading. The phenonemonal power of the human mind, according to research at Cambridge University, it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last lette be in the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without a problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole. Amazing huh? Yeah and I always thought spelling was important.

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:38 pm
by Stellar Storm
Yea! And how fast did you go the first time? It would seem that skim readers would go pretty fast.

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:52 pm
by wxmann_91
Yaeh in 7th garde I lrneaed taht.

Vrey isnretetnig.

Scnie I araeldy did an atvcitiy lkie taht in 7th gdrae I raed it petrty fsat.

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:55 pm
by arkess7
yes i could read it :wink:

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:55 pm
by Skywatch_NC
yreV gnitseretni rof erus! :wink:

cirE 8-)

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:05 pm
by Stellar Storm
yreV gnitseretni rof erus!


Hey....it took me longer to figure out that was simply sdrawkcab. :lol:

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:32 pm
by kevin
Wow I'd really like to find this study from Cambridge University. lol

And yes I can read it.

Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:50 pm
by O Town
Yup I could.......interesting

They gave out something similar to the parents in a learn to read coarse the had for kindergarten, and 1st graders at my kids school. But it was not that easy to read. It was showing us how they see the words since they have never read before.

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:23 am
by Swimdude
Yup, I learned about that in 7th grade. And again in 7th grade. And AGAIN in 7th grade. In fact, I can't tell you how many forwarded emails i've recieved with that exact message.