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Spelling 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 that 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. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy. Posted in General at Sep 15 2003, 03:06:50 PM MDT 10 Comments

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Fred Grott will be so happy!

Posted by Jeff Duska on September 15, 2003 at 03:50 PM MDT #

srcay sarcy how arucctae taht is.

Posted by Keith Sader on September 15, 2003 at 04:11 PM MDT #

It actually has a hell of a lot to do with context. It's difficult to understand "Uinervtisy" without a nearby "rsheearch" or other context-aiding words ("Elingsh" probably helps too). Without a fairly instinctive understanding of english grammar, the above is fairly incomprehensable. end nit-picking-geek.

Posted by Daniel Sheppard on September 15, 2003 at 05:57 PM MDT #

Gosh, it really works.

Posted by Unknown on September 15, 2003 at 06:14 PM MDT #

Works, even for non-native speakers :-) Interesting.

Posted by Greg Klebus on September 16, 2003 at 01:09 AM MDT #

Could you site this study or provide a lead to where you heard about it?

Posted by Dan Allen on September 16, 2003 at 05:51 AM MDT #

Dan,

I wish I could, but I received it in an e-mail from Julie's Grandma. I searched Google, but found nothing.

Posted by Matt Raible on September 16, 2003 at 06:00 AM MDT #

first oax disclosed by blogs? http://www.blogpulse.com/03_09_16/keyTopics.html

Posted by Ernesto Krsulovic on September 16, 2003 at 07:18 PM MDT #

Here is a little bit of background info on this bit, thanks to the lead given in the last comment: http://www.bisso.com/ujg_archives/000227.html

Posted by Dan Allen on September 16, 2003 at 10:24 PM MDT #

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Posted by Unknown on September 17, 2003 at 02:22 AM MDT #

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