Interesting research

[shane]

This is just for fun - can you read it?

"Aoccdrnig to rscheearch dneo at an Elingsh uinervtisy,it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is in teh rghit pclae.The rset can be a toatl mses adn yuo cna sitll raed it wouthit ayn porbselm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe.
Initsereg!!"

Here's the translation:

"According to research done at an English university, it doesn't matter what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first letter is in the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without any problems. This is because we do not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole.
Interesting!"

:wink:

 

[Tdol]

Some writing systems don't bother with vowels- you don't need all the information our writing gives. ;-)

 

[RonBee]

Interesting. I didn't have any trouble understanding it. I also noticed that they didn't always follow their own rule about keeping the frist and lsat ltteer is in teh rghit pclae.

:wink:

P.S. I didn't bother with the spell-check on this one.

:wink:

 

[Susie Smith]

Very interesting indeed. I had never thought much about this although I have noticed that many people tend to misread a word just because it is similar to another or begins with the same letters. However, it takes a certain level of proficiency to be able to read a total mess.