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Celt · still thinking

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. 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? And I awlyas thguoht slpeling was ipmtorant!

Antrax · ESL Student

I think this is the third time this passage has been posted on this board alone.
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wordcross · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 1:17 pm Post subject: 3

yep.
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Jedo the Jedi · Paragon in Training

And it's always a different university each time.

Phil_The_Rodent · Daedalian Member

UPSAPRECE?

reading by shape and not letters has been known to typesetters for years.

wordcross · Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 11:19 pm Post subject: 6

It doesn't work as well with compund words, either. It took me a while to figure out what Phil's word said.
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Antrax · ESL Student

It made me realise I haven't seen macros in forever, though. I wonder what's up with him.
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Courk · Daedalian Member

What is that word?

Antrax · ESL Student

Uppercase.
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extropalopakettle · No offense, but....

I clodnut beveile taht I cloud altalucy userdatnnd waht I was raindeg. The pohannamel pweor of the hamun mnid. Andriccog to a recharcesh at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't meattr in waht oderr the leertts in a wrod are, the olny intropmat tihng is taht the frist and lsat leertt be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is beausce the hamun mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Animzag huh? And I awayls toughht sipnellg was ironmaptt!

Veg · Guest

He's off working for Cambridge

NeocortX · Daedalian Member

CrystyB · Misunderstood Guy

NeocortX, you're just being sanyt!! (just checking my own hypothesis, that human mind doesn't even need first and last letters to make up a meaning. This only works in fewer cases, but still...)

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Courk · Daedalian Member

...nasty?

wordcross · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:19 pm Post subject: 15

CrystyB, it requires that both the first and last letter of the word are left alone. The only letters you are supposed to be able to change are the ones in the middle.
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CrystyB · Misunderstood Guy

*cough*invisied text*cough*

wordcross · Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 12:11 am Post subject: 17

okay, well then your example doesnt' work. I imagine that it took courk a minute to figure it out, which isn't the same as reading it at a normal pace.
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CrystyB · Misunderstood Guy

It took me longer than the average delay to understand "cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd" too. That doesn't make the example wrong, does it? I mean, not even completely mispelled "reading" ("rdgnieg", check it out) makes it too hard, imo...

NeocortX · Daedalian Member

Courk · Daedalian Member

It could be antsy, too. I think antsy makes a bit more sense.

spellchekker · Icarian Member

Who am I to derigase.

CrystyB · Misunderstood Guy

What i think really happens is that the brain uses its memory of past phrases to have a list of words that would fit in the context (the context is essential; a separate word should take longer to understand). It then reads a few random letters and chooses the best fit. I haven't even looked at the whole word above, and by just seeing the starting D i "IAULESASTTNNNOY" thought, "disagree"...

Test: ltteer awylas mttaer iltesf