ok, so this was a chain email, but still pretty cool (rpsoet)

[thomsbrain]

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg.The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn'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.



Amzanig huh?

sorry if that was a repost.

 

[vshah]

old but cool

 

[mitmot]

cool :thumbsup:

 

[loup garou]

I can't fault you TOO much because the SEARCH SUCKS AND DOESN'T WORK, but this is ooooooollllllllllllldddddd....

 

[HN]

who's got the rebuttal link?

 

[BigJ]

Yep. As long as they are fairly common words, and the first and last letters are where they're supposed to be, the meat of the word can be jumbled. I'm pretty sure I read that as the explanation on Snopes.

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: werk
I can't fault you TOO much because the SEARCH SUCKS AND DOESN'T WORK, but this is ooooooollllllllllllldddddd....

how would you search for something like this though?

edit: nevermind, i found it. it's been posted many times.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: HN
who's got the rebuttal link?

There is no rebuttal. It's actually true as long as:

The first and last letters stay in their respective places.
The words are used commonly.

 

[Steve]

REPSOT

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: werk
I can't fault you TOO much because the SEARCH SUCKS AND DOESN'T WORK, but this is ooooooollllllllllllldddddd....

:thumbsup:

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: BigJ
Yep. As long as they are fairly common words, and the first and last letters are where they're supposed to be, the meat of the word can be jumbled. I'm pretty sure I read that as the explanation on Snopes.

i've actually taken a cognitive psychology course by one of the world's leading researchers in reading psychology, and his view is that there are a number of stages to proper perception, only one of which is the proper order. reading this is basically liking having a specific type of dsylexia.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: sm8000
REPSOT

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: werk
I can't fault you TOO much because the SEARCH SUCKS AND DOESN'T WORK, but this is ooooooollllllllllllldddddd....

how would you search for something like this though?

If the search actually worked, if you searched for any of the mangled words ("Cmabrigde " for example) in your post, you'd probably find the other posts.

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: HN
who's got the rebuttal link?

There is no rebuttal. It's actually true as long as:

The first and last letters stay in their respective places.
The words are used commonly.

ok, couldn't find the link to the actual article but here, give this a try:

"Anidroccg to crad cniyrrag lcitsiugnis planoissefors at an uemannd, utisreviny in Bsitirh Cibmuloa, and crartnoy to the duoibus cmials of the ueticnd rcraeseh, a slpmie, macinahcel ioisrevnn of ianretnl cretcarahs araepps sneiciffut to csufnoe the eadyrevy oekoolnr."

too difficult? here's something 'easier' with "words that are used commonly":

"The cetupmor is ulbane to ccennot to the petnirr."
(but still not so easy, is it?)