Monday, May 02, 2005

Does Spelling Count?

A friend of mine sent me this. English teachers of the world, you better turn your head - this is not for the squeemish.

It's a little cerebral workout for your brain. Just what you may need for a Monday. Believe it or not you can read it ....

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to rscheearch tasem 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 lteter 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. Scuh a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia :)- Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas tghouht slpeling was ipmorantt.

3 Comments:

At 7:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

you have to must time on hand write a better story?

 
At 12:14 AM, Blogger ... said...

That is really cool....I might just have to link to you in a post so others can check it out...better than stealing it for myself, right????

 
At 3:34 PM, Blogger Jinx said...

We actually spent this time studying this study in a Psych class. It really is amazing.

 

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