Archive through September 17, 2003
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Archive through September 17, 2003
Azriel | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 02:26 am     Aoccdrnig to 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. Amzanig huh? (I got tihs form my borhter, I tohuhgt it was amznaig so I wnaetd to sarhe it wtih you. It srue mkeas the sepll cehkecr go bzreek!) |
Crossfire | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 03:40 am     Tihs was aslo pestod in one of the big boterhr tedrahs. I was fcatsiaend by the cialm, and mdae a parorgm taht wuold scrbmale wodrs as stgeusegd, and much to my azenmmaet, it smees to be true. Naelry erynetvhig is sltil vrey radablee. I do find taht it is a little hedarr wtih smoe of the less cmoomn wrdos, but it is irsemispve no lses. Hree is antoher itnenretisg thnig. Wlihe we were tnikalg aoubt tihs in the big brotehr trhead, smenooe mntieoend hvanig a hard time with one of the wrods and it truend out taht it was auacltly mis-selpeld as in, the wnrog lettres were uesd. So as an odd side efefct of tihs, wlihe splielng cerclrtoy is not ralley all that itpnraomt, it bcmeeos even mroe itmaonprt taht you at lseat be able to select the crrocet ltretes. |
Llkoolaid | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 04:04 am     I showed this to my husband when it was first posted a few days ago and he wanted to take it into work. Let me tell you it was hard to write out free hand ( our printer is broken). It was so hard to do because I automatically kept correcting the mistakes. He had to read it letter by letter so I could write it down. He also said he had a hard time with spell check. It kept correcting and he would have to go back and fix it and save. Anyway, it got quickly passed around at his work, people were all amazed at it. Thanks Azriel, it was fun. |
Azriel | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 04:17 am     Wlel carp, I ddnit konw it had arladey been pstoed. I msiesd taht trhaed. Srory, for the rpaeet. LOL! |
Crossfire | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 04:43 am     Hehhee, don't worry abuot taht, I don't think it eevr rlaely got its own tarhed, it was kind of a sioptubc of a tpoic of a ritaley sohw csoaonivtren. Out hree, it gtes the atinttoen it dseveers. It is fnuny when I go to post tshee, the scceplhelekr pitans naelry the whole dran tnihg in red. |
Spygirl | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:37 am     Oh this is great!!!! I must have missed it in the BB section. Very fascinatign! |
Azriel | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:44 am     I'm hvanig way too mcuh fun tpynig lkie tihs. I'ts lkie tpyo haeevn! |
Sage | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:51 am     Ok, I jsut have to ask, cuz I cna't fiugre it out, and its dirvnig me crzay!!!. What is taht secnod word - paomnnehil??? |
Draheid | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:51 am     Geez, I feel lkie I'm in a vriutal caht or smeotnihg! |
Sage | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:54 am     Oh it figures! Now that I posted, I think I have it figure out. Is it phenominal? Is that the way its spelled? Looks wrong though. Sheesh, its too early for my brain to do this, I should have gone back to bed this morning. :P |
Crossfire | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:55 am     Sage: Rather than just giving it away, let me provide some alternates and see if it pops out for you: pnmenhoial panohiemnl pnhoeminal pnmehinoal pahimnonel Hehehe. |
Crossfire | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:55 am     Shoot, I was not fast enough. Hehehe. |
Sage | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 08:01 am     LOL, thanks anyway Crossfire. I'm sure that would have done the trick for me. |
Foliage | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 08:02 am     I've been fascinated by this since I saw it in BB. I even emailed it to friends. I'm trying to figure out if it could work into some sort of science fair project for the 7th grader...hmmm. I think I'll surf over to Cambridge to read the study. |
Egbok | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 08:04 am     Ypipee! Theres an anwser for my dyxeslia!! Just paomnnehil...or should I say phmnenoial!! (...come on Sage, you'll get it!! LOL) |
Sage | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 09:08 am     Oh crap! You mean I didn't get it??? (I think I'm going crazy) |
Crossfire | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 09:29 am     Yeah, you got it. |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 09:32 am     ok now explain it to me plz? |
Ocean_Islands | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 09:50 am     Ti's ruet hatt I eadr het teopsngi houtwit fifiludcty. |
Juju2bigdog | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:22 am     Sage, I think you have just proved the misspelling thing. If the word is misspelled, you can't read it. Maybe they meant phenomenal and it was misspelled? |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:37 am     was that what that word was supposed to be? no wonder i wasn't getting it. |
Djgirl5235 | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:47 am     Ocean - it's the first & last letter that remain in place and everything else scrambles - your post cmpolteely bfalefd me for a mmonnet - just so I know, the third to last word of yours is Posting, correct? Thanks! |
Crossfire | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:49 am     Ahh, Neat. That is the second time this has happened. I wish I had caught that. As it says, spread them out any way you want, but be sure to include the correct mix. |
Crossfire | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:52 am     Keeping the first and last the same is a big part of the whole comprehension thing I imagine. Not only does it provide hints on individual words, but it also forces all words three letters or less to remain unchanged, and four letter words with what would appear to be a minor typo. What remains is chock full of what I would call hints. A string of random words not in proper sentence form would likely increase the difficulty exponentially. I suppose I should just read more about the study though as I imagine they have covered a lot of this. |
Egbok | Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:55 am     Yes Juju, I misspelled the word. Sorry for any confusion Sage and MsAubergine. |
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