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Can You Raed Tihs?

Posted by timothy on from the you-have-for-years dept.

An aoynmnuos raeedr sumbtis: "An interesting tidbit from Bisso's blog site: Scrambled words are legible as long as first and last letters are in place. Word of mouth has spread to other blogs, and articles as well. From the languagehat site: 'Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. ceehiro.' Jamie Zawinski has also written a perl script to convert normal text into text where letters excluding the first and last are scrambled."

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  1. SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! by Martin+Blank · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can't go TEN FUCKING MINUTES without this being brought up in IRC, IM, or on the various forums I attend. It's even been brought up TWICE by phone!

    GRAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    You can never go home again... but I guess you can shop there.
    1. Re:SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! by Scorchio · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I feel your pain, brother!

      I've had at least four people email it to me over the last day or so, and it's already grating more than the "all your base.." fluff.

  2. Re:Yes, a cat's got my tongue, OK? by sinserve · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Blackstreet debut album released on the summer of 1994 album.

    Backstreet Boys released their debut album in 1996

    So yes, the AC sibling below is correct, no diggity no doubt.