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19th August 2007

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid

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Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the human 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!

(My brother sent this to me in an email and I thought I’d share it with you.)

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  1. 1 On August 20th, 2007, Lynne said:

    Uh oh…yup, I can read it. :) Though I guess that shouldn’t surprise me…I read pretty fast, which if I recall, means you take in whole words and phrases at one time. I image that makes the first-letter-last-letter trick possible.

  2. 2 On August 20th, 2007, Jackie said:

    I could also read it, and I have to admit, I found the whole exercise disturbing because it seemed to show that spelling wasn’t important.

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