Tuesday, March 13, 2007

CAN YOU SPELL THAT FOR ME?


For some reason that I don’t quite understand, I find it profoundly disturbing that 45% of the sampled group couldn’t read the paragraph below with perfect ease. Or maybe because it’s the way I spell. (Supplied by Sheri)

Fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55% plepoe 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!


The secret word hardly matters.

CRYPTIQUEYou know the rules. It doesn’t stop until you’re dead.

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:24 AM

    Yeah, but the grammar's not too sharp, is it?

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  2. Anonymous5:12 PM

    Wlel crorcet germmar dsoent awlays pernevt udnertsndnig.!
    one of the 55%, msb

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