How good are your reading skills?

Skye · 08-29-2006, 10:59 PM

Try this out and see how well you do

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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 dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs rpsoet it.

Jazhara7 · 08-29-2006, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Skye

Try this out and see how well you do

"tghuuhot" has one "u" too much.

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SSH · 08-30-2006, 01:02 AM

fkniucg hlel!

Stoofa · 08-30-2006, 02:32 AM

Some people's brains can't do this and they have a really hard time learning to read and write.

RLacey · 08-30-2006, 03:01 AM

After three words I realised that I'd seen this before.

It's still impressive, though.

MoriartyL · 08-30-2006, 03:17 AM

That's pretty cool!

bulldog · 08-30-2006, 03:42 AM

auuuuugh…….. dyslexia dmna ti ….. I knew it would be a problem when I started reading.

I understood the reading perfectly

*stepurhan* · 08-30-2006, 04:15 AM

Better not let Karmillo get hold of this.

Squinky · 08-30-2006, 09:20 AM

Something from a more reliable source.

fajerkaos · 08-30-2006, 09:48 AM

hehe, first i wondered why it was so easy to understad, even though the letters were in such a mess... now i understand...
seems like "they" were right then.

Spiwak · 08-30-2006, 10:33 AM

Seen it already, but it was really cool then.

Maquisard · 08-30-2006, 11:30 AM

Dman it! I slitl cna't frgiue out waht "rpsoet" mnaes!

Intrepid Homoludens · 08-30-2006, 11:36 AM

Yeah, that' pretty cool, eh? I mean, what our minds are capable of.

But I wonder if I also had no problem reading that because I've a very visually oriented individual in the first place (an artist and designer). I very strongly associate images - including language - as symbols and with concepts and ideas.

Skye · 08-30-2006, 08:59 PM

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"tghuuhot" has one "u" too much.

Even so, you knew what the word was even though it was spelled wrong and had too many letters

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Originally Posted by Muzzy

Dman it! I slitl cna't frgiue out waht "rpsoet" mnaes!

Yep, that one got me for a bit too. It's 'repost'. I figure since this word hasn't been in our collective vocabulary (very internetish) very long that's why it didn't click right away.

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fkniucg hlel!

Ooooo, swearing incognito

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Some people's brains can't do this and they have a really hard time learning to read and write.

I can appreciate that and didn't expect that all people would be able to read it easily. I imagine that people who don't have english as a mother tongue could have a bit of difficulty too.

Fairygdmther · 08-30-2006, 11:18 PM

At that site Squinky linked to, there was several other languages given, and I had no trouble reading it in French, though a bit slower than usual, but then I read French slower anyway.

FGM

samIamsad · 08-30-2006, 11:33 PM

Thehee, yeah, nice. Saw something similar. This also works if only the upper half of all letters is really visible. Wicked.

Catbert · 08-31-2006, 10:21 AM

So when I write that I won teh internets, it's actually not wrong for the brainy?

Karmillo · 08-31-2006, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Catbert

So when I write that I won teh internets, it's actually not wrong for the brainy?

No it is snice the fsrit and lsat lteetr slitl hvae to be the smae

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