Aoccdrnig to a 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 porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Stie, Cmabridge Uinervtisy
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Hahahahahah… taht is aewosme. But did you actually read the site you quoted from? It says pretty definitively that Cambridge University did NOT do any such research, but that text was sent around the internet anyway. Also, it says that it’s not exactly true, and features examples of sentences following those rules that are very difficult to read.
Comment by Josh — June 9, 2006 @ 7:40 pm
Hehe, you’re right about some of what you say, Cambridge didn’t conduct the study (Cmabridge did). Granted, the meme does tend to stick close to the syllable order in its shuffling, making it simpler to understand, but I though the examples
1) A vheclie epxledod at a plocie cehckipont near the UN haduqertares in Bagahdd on Mnoday kilinlg the bmober and an Irqai polcie offceir
2) Big ccunoil tax ineesacrs tihs yaer hvae seezueqd the inmcoes of mnay pneosenirs
3) A dootcr has aimttded the magltheuansr of a tageene ceacnr pintaet who deid aetfr a hatospil durg blendur
were pretty easy to figure out… except perhaps for manslaughter in 3. But, that’s to be expected with long words, which the original meme doesn’t use.
Comment by alexei — June 11, 2006 @ 3:49 am