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3.9k · September 16, 2003

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 total 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

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3k · September 16, 2003

WoW, very interesting.

That explains being able to read all of the poor spelling in forums, emails, cache pages, ect..

I don't spell well but am very aware of it and try to make the strongest effort to make sure its right.

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2.1k · September 16, 2003

man, I read that with no problem...I don't worry too much here in the forums as far as spelling. Usually my fingers have a hard enought time keeping up with my brain.

Brian

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September 16, 2003

it also explains why it's so hard to be a copy editor - because your brain will read it right even when it's wrong!

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1.6k · September 16, 2003

That is too wierd! I read it almost as fast as if it were spelled correctly.

The mind is a strange thing!

CR

September 16, 2003

Very interesting...how long did it take you to type that out!! LMAO!!!

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3.9k · September 16, 2003

Tahts the way I sepll wehn I've been drinikg.

El Diablo

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September 16, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by The Rocket Pack:
Very interesting...how long did it take you to type that out!! LMAO!!!

It's from a spam e-mail that's been making the rounds ... I received it about 10 times from various "friends." Mushtang deleted the last sentence, which many would consider inappropriate. (Edit: They might consider the sentence offensive and inappropriate.)

[This message was edited by Zaphod Beeblebrox on September 17, 2003 at 06:23 AM.]

1.2k · September 16, 2003

Old editor's trick, read the text backwards to catch mispelling...

Also an old Police report writing trick...lol.

It seems that reading it forwards will allow you to *fill in the blanks* mentally thus missing spelling mistakes.

In the forums my only excuse is I type too fast and sometimes its just a finger slip... heck, LOTS of times its a finger slip...LOL.

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September 16, 2003

I must say, thats pretty good.who would have thought.(impressive)

3.5k · September 16, 2003

IESPELL

It changeded my lif!

Bret

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September 16, 2003

Ag to a rh at Ce Uy, it dt mr in wt or te ls in a wd ae, te oy it tg is tt te ft ad lt lr be at te rt pe. Te rt cn be a tl ms ad yu cn sl rd it wt pm. Ts is be the hn md ds nt rd ey lr by if, bt te wd as a we

If the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae tehn you cuold raed the abvoe. May I sgguest taht the ohetr ipmrotant thing is taht all the wrods have the crroect nmuebr of ltters.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

September 16, 2003

I love stuff like that, thanks.

hree is a smiialr biarn tinhg:

To convince yourself, get a piece of cardboard with two holes just a bit bigger than the letters.

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September 16, 2003

Martmann, that is unbelievable. The best optical illusion I have ever seen. Next time I come across a "black and white" issue, I'm not going to be so sure.

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.

September 16, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by seneca:
...Next time I come across a "black and white" issue, I'm not going to be so sure.

Hehehe, good one.

I still have to check it sometimes.

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4.8k · September 16, 2003

How funny! This topic came up at lunch between several co-workers today. Since we all have to constantly proof read our own work, it was an interesting topic of conversation for us.

3.9k · September 16, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Zaphod Beeblebrox:
Mushtang deleted the last sentence, which many would consider inappropriate.

Actually I cut and pasted everything from the email I got. There wasn't a last sentance on the version sent to me. Can you email the rest? I'm curious.

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September 16, 2003

More info:

http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp

Georeg

1k · September 16, 2003

This is the whole message as I received it:

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 total 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. Fcuknig amzanig huh?

Kar

1.2k · September 16, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by Team Shibby:
This is the whole message as I received it:

amzanig huh?

Kar

Dude, you were right the first time......

"Afghanistan was a battle. Iraq was a battle. The war goes on."

September 16, 2003

Good trhaed!

2.7k · September 16, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by seneca:
Ag to a rh at Ce Uy, it dt mr in wt or te ls in a wd ae, te oy it tg is tt te ft ad lt lr be at te rt pe. Te rt cn be a tl ms ad yu cn sl rd it wt pm. Ts is be the hn md ds nt rd ey lr by if, bt te wd as a we

If the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae tehn you cuold raed the abvoe. May I sgguest taht the ohetr ipmrotant thing is taht all the wrods have the crroect nmuebr of ltters.

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Believe it or not, except for the proper nouns, I can read your 2 letter version quite well. It may be because of memory since it is the same as the original misspelled post.

Then again, it may be something more, as I usually can do the "Jumble" words instantly. (In the few times I've timed it, I think my best was about 18 seconds for the daily version- including the final puzzle. Been a long time since I timed it.)

I have often speculated as to why I am able to "see" a word as normal in many cases even though it is purposely scrambled. I have postulated rapid subconcious permutations, or possibly an abberant form of dyslexia. This study sounds interesting.

I suspect a person who is practiced in solving ciphers would not have too much problem with the " first and last code" you illustrate as long as the sentences were sensible so there are good context clues.

Write a sentence that way and let's see if I can translate. Might have the makings of a new word game if somebody hasn't already done it.

"Freedom is a two-way street."

GDAE, Dave

2.7k · September 16, 2003

Ts is a se se. Cn ae rd it? I tk is py se. Ay ay lg a ce ly, or ds ey jt pt on te fs?

"Freedom is a two-way street."

GDAE, Dave

September 16, 2003

Not only is number of letters from the word a big clue, but the mixxed lettters must actually be in the word. Also, the words position within a senteance tells a lot. If you uh-jumbled the worlds in randmon order, you'll have a harder time deciphering the original message.

I know I'm one of those people who tend to read words in chuncks. I've found it to have good and bad points. It speeds reading, but somtimes you miss suble differenes due to spelling. Of course, all bets are off if you're reading unfamiliar words....you have to break down the letters in an attepmt to guess their meaning.

In short, our mind has some interestings ways to compensate for dirty data. It stongly wants to make sense out of disorder...sometimes it's right, sometimes it is just plain wrong.

George

1.8k · September 17, 2003

Tath's spurnisgily esay to raed, Mtsuhnag. And Mrantanm's cequher-sodhaw iuslioln is qitue azmanig!

Bill

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September 17, 2003

Rats, ylal baet me to it. I was giong to sramlbce the nmae and txet of my nxet cchae hdie, but now somneoe wlil baet me to it.

Oh wlel.

BTW, hree is an olnnie "scrambler":

Jumbler

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2.7k · September 17, 2003

quote:
In short, our mind has some interestings ways to compensate for dirty data. It stongly wants to make sense out of disorder...sometimes it's right, sometimes it is just plain wrong.

George

Nature abhors a vacuum, and human beings just can't STAND it when something doesn't make logical sense.

This is one of our greatest assets in the physical world but one of the biggest barriers to our spirituality.

If we can't reason it, it can't be true. Therefore we "plug in" something in every case to make sense out of nonsense.

It is hard to accept that something might really have been intended to be just nonsense- or that something might be beyond our finite reasoning.

"Freedom is a two-way street."

GDAE, Dave

2.7k · September 17, 2003

Found this on another forum (b-boys forum that Murasaki reads and posts upon)

The original text fronm this thread is copied along wiht the text from the other forum.

quote:
B-Boy Forum:
"Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh 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 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..."

quote:
This thread:
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

total 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

Interesting, No?

"Freedom is a two-way street."

GDAE, Dave

September 17, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by ChurchCampDave:

quote:
In short, our mind has some interestings ways to compensate for dirty data. It stongly wants to make sense out of disorder...sometimes it's right, sometimes it is just plain wrong.

George

Nature abhors a vacuum, and human beings just can't STAND it when something doesn't make logical sense.

This is one of our greatest assets in the physical world but one of the biggest barriers to our spirituality.

If we can't reason it, it can't be true. Therefore we "plug in" something in every case to make sense out of nonsense.

It is hard to accept that something might really have been intended to be just nonsense- or that something might be beyond our finite reasoning.

_"Freedom is a two-way street."_

GDAE, Dave

Maybe this explains why I keep reading the forums?

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2.7k · September 17, 2003

No. If your motivation is anything like mine (egotistical ain't I?) its just that you need a life.

"Freedom is a two-way street."

GDAE, Dave

September 18, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by team travel pig:
it also explains why it's so hard to be a copy editor - because your brain will read it right even when it's wrong!

Cool! And that's why it's doubly tough to proofread your OWN wrting, because not only will you see it right even when it's wrong, but you already know what you MEANT!

ApK

September 18, 2003

quote:
Originally posted by seneca:
Ag to a rh at Ce Uy, it dt mr in wt or te ls in a wd ae, te oy it tg is tt te ft ad lt lr be at te rt pe. Te rt cn be a tl ms ad yu cn sl rd it wt pm. Ts is be the hn md ds nt rd ey lr by if, bt te wd as a we

If the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae tehn you cuold raed the abvoe. May I sgguest taht the ohetr ipmrotant thing is taht all the wrods have the crroect nmuebr of ltters.

That's a tad unfair....the message says "it doesn't matter what order the letters are in," implying the "only thing that matters" refers to importance in the order of letters. I didn't get any sense that they implyed you could change, add or remove letters, did you?

ApK

September 18, 2003

I received that Cambridge comment today as well.

It occurred to me however, that you need to know how to spell correctly in order to read these misspellings.

If you didn't know how to spell, your brain couldn't put the letters together into a word for you.

"The hardest thing to find is something that's not there!"

September 18, 2003

because i cant spelll this is a great thread. TG

September 18, 2003

When proofreading I read it upside down and backwards. By doing this I have to mentally rotate each letter around then reverse order. Great trick for the first couple yrs, though lately I can read just as fast as right side up. And I now miss mistakes this way. Guess I will have to try using a mirror image of it.

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May 1, 2004

Well, I'm not so astonished at the first/last letter thing, but that checkerboard illusion!!! Wow!!

I showed my wife and she refused to believe it until I did the cardboard cut-out bit... It works!

Amazing!

Cheers

Ron

1.2k · May 1, 2004

I'm trying to spell everything correct, but I'm not sure if you will notice if I do spell wrong when I write in Sweden in our own forum here at GC.com? :D

2.6k · May 1, 2004

I'm trying to spell everything correct, but I'm not sure if you will notice if I do spell wrong when I write in Sweden in our own forum here at GC.com? :D

I think I would.

P.s. I know it's lame to point out these (well after all, it is a spelling thread), but I think you misspelled Swedish.

May 1, 2004

Aye kan't spel enyway, sew deel wiffit

Just goes to show that proof reading is tough

2k · May 1, 2004

I used to be dyslexic. I cured myself. I TRY to spell everything wrong.

May 1, 2004

Ag to a rh at Ce Uy, it dt mr in wt or te ls in a wd ae, te oy it tg is tt te ft ad lt lr be at te rt pe. Te rt cn be a tl ms ad yu cn sl rd it wt pm. Ts is be the hn md ds nt rd ey lr by if, bt te wd as a we If the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae tehn you cuold raed the abvoe. May I sgguest taht the ohetr ipmrotant thing is taht all the wrods have the crroect nmuebr of ltters.  I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me. <IMG SRC="http://www.cslaw.ca/geol4.JPG">

I was able to read that just fine, I had to slow down, it is the exact same thing as the original post, which I didnt even notice the misspellings until after I was done reading and looked for them

May 1, 2004

I used to be dyslexic. I cured myself. I TRY to spell everything wrong.

My english teacher is dyslexic and it is really stupid, we have to type reports a special way so she can read them, and the state education philosophy is "If children dont learn the way we teach, then we should change the way we teach"

My closest friend is also dyslexic, she has the biggest trouble in the middle of words. Its funny sometimes but then I remember that she is my closest friend and then its sad.

May 29, 2004

Wehn I was in the nwesppaer gmae, we had to porofraed form galelys of tpye, uispde dwon and bkcarawds

May 30, 2004

Wildearth 2001 wrote:

My english teacher is dyslexic and it is really stupid, we have to type reports a special way so she can read them, and the state education philosophy is "If children dont learn the way we teach, then we should change the way we teach"

My closest friend is also dyslexic, she has the biggest trouble in the middle of words. Its funny sometimes but then I remember that she is my closest friend and then its sad.

Torry wrote:

I used to be dyslexic. I cured myself. I TRY to spell everything wrong.

Dyslexics of the world Untie!!!

Did you hear about the dyslexic, athiest insomniac? He was up all night wondering if there really was a dog.

May 30, 2004

YAY good news for me

Edited May 30, 2004 by Team Flying Dachshund

May 30, 2004

I love stuff like that, thanks.

hree is a smiialr biarn tinhg:

To convince yourself, get a piece of cardboard with two holes just a bit bigger than the letters.

I dont get it

Bad spelling

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