Cambridge University Study...

[Nicolecat]

One of the funny things about the english language...and your brain's interpretation of a word.

I've seen this before...but couldn't find a thread on it.

From Cambridge University:

Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a 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? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

 

[iJohnHenry]

Aslo, the nbeumr of ltetres msut be crocert.

 

[pimentoLoaf]

Wrods really are funny things.

 

[Much Ado]

I know that this won't work with German

 

[celticpride678]

"Can you raed this?"

Check out this link: http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp

Research at Cambridge University showed that it does not matter what order the letters in a word are, just if the first and last letters are the same. Pretty Cool!

Check it out and post your thoughts about it.

Thanks for reading!

 

[jmann]

I found out about that on a Vitamin Water bottle. I love those drinks.

 

[fireshot91]

This is pretty old..

I'm sure it was out in '05 and such.

 

[uberamd]

This is pretty old..

I'm sure it was out in '05 and such.

Yeah its old, but still neat.

 

[ikermalli]

Lol, I get these at least once a month, but yeah it's pretty cool!

 

[velocityg4]

I konw I hvae seen tihs pstoed hree bferoe. Toghuh it is sltil qitue itnreesintg. I do wndoer heowevr if tihs alpepis to all wrdos of fuor or mroe lterets.

 

[Osarkon]

I konw I hvae seen tihs pstoed hree bferoe. Toghuh it is sltil qitue itnreesintg. I do wndoer heowevr if tihs alpepis to all wrdos of fuor or mroe lterets.

I'm guessing no, as I struggled with the last part of that sentence.

 

[Vidder]

I'm guessing no, as I struggled with the last part of that sentence.

guess those two words aren't really words....not sure though. But it would have been a good trick if thats the case.

 

[imaketouchtheme]

I konw I hvae seen tihs pstoed hree bferoe. Toghuh it is sltil qitue itnreesintg. I do wndoer heowevr if tihs alpepis to all wrdos of fuor or mroe lterets.

It seemed to be fine to me. I read that last part easily. I'm sure it's easier though if the words are more commonly used. I stumbled on applies for a second.

 

[GfPQqmcRKUvP]

It seemed to be fine to me. I read that last part easily. I'm sure it's easier though if the words are more commonly used. I stumbled on applies for a second.

That last word killed me.

 

[benflick]

That last word killed me.

Me too.

 

[Gregg2]

This is pretty old..

I'm sure it was out in '05 and such.

Assuimg u meen 1905, as 2005 was jest fore yreas ago. Ur oledr tahn taht, 'casue u can tpye.

 

[velocityg4]

Given the responses to my post I guess this does not apply to all words. The key is in white lettering below this post. For those whom are interested and could not read it all.

I know I have seen this posted here before. Though it is still quite interesting. I do wonder however if this applies to all words of four or more letters.

 

[wywern209]

ncie. i msut be sarmt!