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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. it all makes sense now. by underwhelm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    frist psot

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    I don't need large brains to have a good time.

  2. LOL by Snaller · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's great, you can actually read it :)

    (No, moderator, don't waste a point on modding this redundant, do your job and find something interesting to mod UP instead)

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  3. Not really convinced. by arafel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm not srue taht tihs trhoey hdlos ctlmpoleey ture aawyny. The oaiirgnl seetnecns ddnit rllaey itnapcorore vrey sbstatanuil ratmoondisain. See waht I maen?

  4. Typo by peterpi · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae"

    I was reading that fine until I got to the "is" where they meant to put "are". Then my eye tripped up and I had to read the setence again.

    This shows two things. Firstly, the process works. Secondly, I'm a grammar nazi.