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Fri 21 Jan, 2005 04:36 am
Have a look at this:
"Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl 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."
Were you amazed at how easily you read that jumbled statement?
There was a thread on this a few weeks ago..
We also looked at how just seeing the top half of letters was fairly easy to read.
Lol - there was an absolute epidemic of this a year or so ago! Several threads - and many posts - were done using this information.
Cybermum(DL): can you point me to one of these older threads? Thanks.
The circulating emails invariably get it wrong and those who pass it on never correct it.
It's not "bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe".
If that were the reason then moving the first and last letter would not make a difference.
The real issue at hand is very simple, the extremities of the words are simply the most readily identifiable points of reference to the brain.
Bibliophile the BibleGuru wrote:Cybermum(DL): can you point me to one of these older threads? Thanks.
Bib - please can we dispense with the Cybermum thing - how old are you anyway???? I am so not the mum type!!!
Sorry - I can't access any of the threads - you might seek in English, or General, or somesuch????
It was a sort of craze for a while!!!
dlowan wrote:Bib - please can we dispense with the Cybermum thing - how old are you anyway???? I am so not the mum type!!!
No, Cybermum, we can't!
Younger than you!
Yes you are!
Thank you cybermummy. :wink:
Craven de Kere wrote:The circulating emails invariably get it wrong and those who pass it on never correct it.
Nice to hear from you CDK. I haven't seen you in a while.
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