ComerPerro
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Thu Sep-18-03 03:56 AM
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Check out this email I got |
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Amazing
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. Amzanig huh?
I thought this was kind of intersting. I had always figured that when I read, I'm not actually reading the words but rather quickly recognizing the words and patterns in sentence structure. This kind of re-enforces that idea. One thing I did notice was that grouped consonants (such as double l, double t, and some blended sounds have to remain together. This is so the word still looks familiar.
Anyway, just wanted to share that.
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Thu Sep-18-03 04:08 AM
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1. I just had this very same discussion with someone last night! |
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Apparently, if you're a good reader, you take in the first and last letters, but those in the middle don't really matter. I must be doing okay, because it was no trouble for me to read what you wrote. Thanks so much for posting this! I'm passing it on...:-)
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Thu Sep-18-03 04:16 AM
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2. dpue (I can raed it but it mkaes my biran hrut) |
ComerPerro
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Thu Sep-18-03 04:28 AM
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3. Thanks for posting that thread, Wonk |
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I think one of the posts there really nailed it. As long as the first and last two letters are in order, the middle is meaningless.
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Thu Sep-18-03 06:31 AM
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4. I'm not so sure about meaningless. |
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This thing has been posted a number of times in the last two or three days here, plus I've gotten a couple of emails from friends on this. And I find it's slightly amusing reading a dozen words or so, but with whole paragraphs, I simply stop reading. It's much too much effort to puzzle out the intended words.
Moral: spelling really does count, even if we can usually figure out what is meant by a misspelled word.
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Thu Sep-18-03 06:37 AM
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5. Is this a daily post now? |
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if so can i post this tomorrow?
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Thu Sep-18-03 07:15 AM
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6. This is the first I've seen it...I think it's kind of interesting! |
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:24 AM
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7. This is fascinating... |
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but I should also point out that it helps a lot that words of three letters or less are unaffected by the scrambling - and they account for more than 45% of the words in the above.
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:27 AM
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8. OK, this is Lounge thread # SEVEN |
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on this topic. Really, people - it's funny, but it's not SEVEN FRIGGIN' DISTINCT LOUNGE THREAD FUNNY.
Sorry to bitch and yell like this, but sweet bejibbity! SEVEN FRIGGIN' SEPARATE LOUNGE THREADS!!! And each with a unique subject line. Oy f*cking vey.
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Thu Sep-18-03 08:43 AM
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Please use the following link to continue this in the original discussion. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=195409Big McLargehuge DU Mod.
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