Can you read this?
By jchampany
@jchampany (1130)
United States
April 18, 2007 12:48pm CST
I definitely enjoyed this one. I was able to read it. How about you?
Only great minds can read this. This is weird, but interesting!
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 a 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! if you can raed tihs forwrad it
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6 responses
@poppoppop111 (5731)
• Canada
18 Apr 07
yes i can read it. i remember getting something like this in my email a few years back. it took me a long time to realize the words were messed up. i never noticed the first time i read it.
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@someincome (785)
• India
18 Apr 07
Its amazing. The first time I read something of this type was 3 years ago, and after that I've read it in several emails. I feel great respect for the researchers who sensed this feature of the human mind and decided to research on it to confirm it! Hats off!
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@ladyluna (7004)
• United States
18 Apr 07
Hi Jcahmpany,
I cannot believe how cool that is!!! I never would have believed that anyone could so easily read words with scrambled letters. I still cannot believe it, even though I just read that as if the letters were exactly where they should be.
That is absolutely amazing!!!
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@cjthedog64 (1552)
• United States
19 Apr 07
Well, I knew that I have a strange mind, but it was really hard for me to read. Yeah, I knew what it said alright, but I can't stand it when things aren't spelled right. Some people say that it's easier to read things phonetically, but I just remember spending all that time in grade school studying my spelling, and I expect to read things correctly. At least they didn't use text messaging lingo to write it! :)
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@jchampany (1130)
• United States
20 Apr 07
I hear you on that. I don't understand any text messaging lingo. My friends make fun of me because I still have the old school cell phone, I don't do any of that texting stuff and rarely even use the phone.
@mummymo (23706)
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20 Apr 07
no sweetie thry cancelled it - they had too many emergency admissions - not enough beds or operating theates! They are sending me to a private hospital in Glasgow soon but I was in such a state they put me on sedatives so haven't been on much! hopefully will be getting surgery in the next few weeks - til then I will still be hobbling around! xxx
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@jchampany (1130)
• United States
20 Apr 07
I am sorry to hear that. I hope it happens for you soon. I know you will still be in some pain after the surgery but that will go and your back should feel better.
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@achyuth_shankar (60)
• India
18 Apr 07
There is a secret behind this. Few experts dealing with words have found out that a person will be able to read jumbled words easily without any problem when the the first and the last letter of the word is same. Bur, probable if we jumble it in a way where the first and the last letter are made to arrange in middle - we might find very difficult to read it. WE take less time in raednig this than eadrngi.
