One of my friends sent me an article yesterday:
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deson't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe!!
To which I responend:
Well. Yes. It all maens olny one tihng. All tohse yaers we put in our Egnilsh classes triyng to laern the crorect splelnigs of wahcky wrods lkie manoeuvre (maneuver for thsoe who spaek “American”) or pneumonia were a ttoal wsate of tmie, enrgey and mnoey. Tohse Egnlsih taechres shloud hvae jsut tgauht us the frist and lsat ltteres of teh wrdos.
Huh. After all, research is supposed to make our lives simple, ain't it?
Monday, August 23, 2004
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