jackofallgeeks: (Goofy)
John Noble ([personal profile] jackofallgeeks) wrote2003-09-16 02:24 pm

I tihnk it's petrty colse

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.

[identity profile] ex-orin917.livejournal.com 2003-09-16 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
*laughs* I like that.

I have to add that I've just spent about four hours reading an ebook and I read over that paragraph with complete indifference. In fact I only actually noticed the abnormality after the first sentence...