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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

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Cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. 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.

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It works in Italian too, it's a relatively old "game". It just shows that people don't read one letter at a time, but they just "guess" and go faster. It only works well with relatively simple sentences with relatively simple words, especially short words.

— Kooyeen

  • It works in Italian too, it's a relatively old "game".
  • It just shows that people don't read one letter at a time, but they just "guess" and go faster.
  • It only works well with relatively simple sentences with relatively simple words, especially short words.
  • It also depends on how the letters are swapped around, so the order matters a bit.
  • I tried to make it as difficult as I could, by the way.
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It works in Italian too, it's a relatively old "game". It just shows that people don't read one letter at a time, but they just "guess" and go faster.
It only works well with relatively simple sentences with relatively simple words, especially short words. It also depends on how the letters are swapped around, so the order matters a bit.
I tried to make it as difficult as I could, by the
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Wasn't there another reply here? I'd seen it... Now I don't remember what was in it though.
Anyway, I just think you don't just need the first and the last letter. You don't read one letter at a time, so you can just go faster and pick up "clues".
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What word is that? You can't know. You need clues. Clues comes from context (whole sentences), length of the word, and the le
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WoW.... I read it successfully, looks like I'm really a genius Emotion: stick out tongue
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i coudn't beleive that i could actually understand what i was reading. the phenomenal power of a human mind, according to a reaserch at cambridge university,it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be in a total mess and you can stil read it without a problem.
This is because the human mind does not read every lett
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Clondut biveele taht I culod alutalcy usdnnrated waht I was rinedag. The ponnahemel pweor of the haumn mnid. Andcirocg to raceresh at Cidrgambe Uitersnviy, it densot mteatr in waht oerdr the ltreets in a wrod are, the olny iaoptrnmt tnihg is taht the fsrit and lsat lteetr be in the rhgit pcale.
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Couldn't believe that I could actually understand what I was reading.The phaonmnneal power of the human mind.According to research at Cambridge University,it doesn't matter in what order the letter's in a word ar,the only important thing is that the first and last letter be in right place
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I, too, read it correctly on the first attempt. This is maybe because we read a lot.
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Couldn't believe that I could actually understand what I was reading the phenomenal power of the human mind. According to research at Cambridge university, it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are,the only one important thing is that the first and last letter be in the right place.
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