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Moe Szyslak
09-17-2003, 09:28 AM
This was forwarded to me, I thought it was interesting:

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.

Truth Soldier
09-17-2003, 09:36 AM
Taht c'nat be all taht mtretas, rhigt? The legonr the wrod, the seewicrr tngihs can get.

Course 4 Escapee
09-17-2003, 10:09 AM
This isn't exactly news. The term Gestalt was coined decades ago for this phenomenon.

Sam Adams
09-17-2003, 11:33 AM
Do'h! My first thread, and it was a duplicate. (I posted this in Non-Actuarial about an hour after this one). It was forwarded via email to me too.

But I do have a question - why was this posted in the Political Area? :-? :-?

Moe Szyslak
09-17-2003, 11:43 AM
Do'h! My first thread, and it was a duplicate. (I posted this in Non-Actuarial about an hour after this one). It was forwarded via email to me too.

But I do have a question - why was this posted in the Political Area? :-? :-?

Lots of people here like to point out typos.