Can you read this?

JaRylan

New member

• Apr 17, 2007

• #1

Everyone has probably recieved this in their email a million times already but I always think it is cool (woohoo, I can read gibberish).


If you can read this, your brain is 50% faster than those who can't.


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 tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs, forwrad it.
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid, too.


Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe tuo fo 100 anc.

 

AdventureMom

Senior Community Member

• Apr 17, 2007

• #2

Freaky! I was actually able to read it at almost normal speed, which really surprised me! Interesting.

 

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LuvBug

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• Apr 17, 2007

• #3

yup I was able to. I am an 'auto-correcter' which means even when I come across a misspelled or even a misplaced word I auto-correct it to make sense, which is why it doesnt bother me when people use incorrect grammar lol! You could use the totally wrong word in a sentence but as long as there are connecting sentences on the topic, or it isnt a crucial word to the one sentence then I can auto-correct it to make sense. I also do it with punctuation, which I believe is why mine has gotten so bad!!! Its actually a bad habit for me to auto-correct everything, because then Im not forced to do it right and I start to forget.

 

MySillyKids

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• Apr 17, 2007

• #4

I can read it too. I love those. They are sooo cool!

 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• Apr 18, 2007

• #5

My husband, step daughter and I all can read it.

 

scatterbunny

New member

• Apr 18, 2007

• #6

I can read it, too. I love stuff like this!

 

SPJ&E

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #7

LuvBug03 said:

yup I was able to. I am an 'auto-correcter' which means even when I come across a misspelled or even a misplaced word I auto-correct it to make sense, which is why it doesnt bother me when people use incorrect grammar lol! You could use the totally wrong word in a sentence but as long as there are connecting sentences on the topic, or it isnt a crucial word to the one sentence then I can auto-correct it to make sense. I also do it with punctuation.

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Same here.

 

JaRylan

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #8

LuvBug03 said:

yup I was able to. I am an 'auto-correcter' which means even when I come across a misspelled or even a misplaced word I auto-correct it to make sense, which is why it doesnt bother me when people use incorrect grammar lol! You could use the totally wrong word in a sentence but as long as there are connecting sentences on the topic, or it isnt a crucial word to the one sentence then I can auto-correct it to make sense. I also do it with punctuation, which I believe is why mine has gotten so bad!!! Its actually a bad habit for me to auto-correct everything, because then Im not forced to do it right and I start to forget.

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Sounds like what I do too, I just never realized it.

 

tjham

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #9

Cool! I could read it too!

 

bbartlettnfld

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #10

I can read it and at normal speed.! cool!
BethAnn

 

Patriot201

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #11

We have used this example in some of my education classes.

I like this example!

 

broken4u05

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #12

I suck at spelling so bad that i don't even notice. But yes i can read it

 

Tara

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #13

Yup, at normal speed here. I also tend to naturally correct. That was fun, I like that kind of thing hehe

 

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southpawboston

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #14

yep, it demonstrates how we understand through context. we understand words not only by the letters they contain but by their positions next to each other and by the context of the neighboring words. cool stuff!

 

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rlsadc

Senior Community Member

• Apr 18, 2007

• #15

yea i could read it all at normal speed..thats cute

 

TheRealMacGyver

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #16

I've read something similar before, it's pretty freaky that you can actually make sense of it and read it as if it was perfectly correct. I'm a little surprised that only 50 out of 100 can read it, I would think that would be higher. Wnoder woh cmoes pu wthi htis tsuff?

 

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CAEKWILSON

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #17

I Can Read It, That Is Cool...my Question Is How Long Did That Take You To Type It?

 

Lea_Ontario

Well-known member

• Apr 18, 2007

• #18

I can read it now, but the first time I saw it it baffled me and took me forever to understand it.

 

skaterbabs

Well-known member

• Apr 18, 2007

• #19

Yep, I can read it. I auto correct as well.

 

JaRylan

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• Apr 18, 2007

• #20

CAEKWILSON said:

I Can Read It, That Is Cool...my Question Is How Long Did That Take You To Type It?

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That's the beauty of forwarded emails...no typing!

or

Tath's eht buatey fo fwrodaerd ealims...no tpniyg!

I think it is also much easier to read a paragraph of distorted words than it is to read only a sentence, lol. Both are easier to do than trying to trick your mind into letting you write the word differently than you fingers have memorized it!