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Interesting English
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 2:48 am
by Karbon
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaerinwahtoredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is tahtthe frist and lsat ltteerbeat the rghit pclae.The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthitporbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, butthe wrod as awlohe. Amzanig huh?
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 3:55 am
by TheBeck
Wow, Taht's a tirp!

WITFL? (Wrehe is the f**king lnik)
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 4:13 am
by Karbon
I'm not sure.. A friend of mine sent it to me today..
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 9:17 pm
by Doobrey
Cool,
So now it doesn`t matter if I type when I`m drunk...
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2003 10:23 pm
by kns
Search for the "word superiority effect"...
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 2:34 am
by Karbon
ideend
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 10:53 am
by Num3
Just to confirm that that also happens with portuguese, everyone i presented a phrase using that teory was able to read it!
Re: Interesting English
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 11:03 am
by PB
> the olny iprmoetnt tihng is tahtthe frist and lsat ltteerbeat the rghit pclae
Heck, university research was needed to deduce that? I've known this since
I was like 5! I used to see words that looked initially like something else,
and realised it was due to both words starting and ending with the same
letters.
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 12:05 pm
by wcardoso
That confirm why little childens are genius !
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2003 1:18 pm
by PB
> That confirm why little childens are genius !
Hehehe.
One particular example is as follows: I have a cousin named Briden, and
there was a street near where I grew up called Brissenden Avenue, and
everytime I saw the sign as a child I always mistook it as saying Briden.
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:18 pm
by merendo
I've read about this. It also works in german. I've read a little text in the TV Teletext. That's cool (:P
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 11:39 pm
by Froggerprogger
PB should have this feature, too.
Here an example:
Code: Select all
tset.l = 1324
Podcrruee.l DoNthnonig(a.l)
PdeceruroRterun a.l
EdnPoreurcde
Of course the same with numbers, so that the above tset.l = 1324 would be recognized as test.l = 1234.

Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 4:33 am
by wayne1
From another forum
Iltnsegnetiry I'm sdutynig tihs crsrootaivnel pnoheenmon at the Dptmnearet of Liuniigctss at Absytrytewh Uivsreitny and my exartrnairdoy doisiervecs waleoetderhlhy cndairotct the picsbeliud fdnngiis rrgdinaeg the rtlvaeie dfuictlify of ialtnstny ttalrisanng sentences. My rsceeerhars deplveeod a cnionevent ctnoiaptorn at hnasoa/tw.nartswdbvweos/utrtek:p./il taht dosnatterems that the hhpsteyios uuiqelny wrtaarns criieltidby if the aoussmpitn that the prreoecandpne of your wrods is not eendetxd is uueniqtolnabse. Aoilegpos for aidnoptg a cdocianorttry vwpiienot but, ttoheliacrley spkeaing, lgitehnneng the words can mnartafucue an iocnuurgons samenttet that is vlrtiauly isbpilechmoenrne.
Or, if you prefer...
Interestingly I'm studying this controversial phenomenon at the Department of Linguistics at Aberystwyth University and my extraordinary discoveries wholeheartedly contradict the publicised findings regarding the relative difficulty of instantly translating sentences. My researchers developed a convenient contraption at
http://www.aardvarkbusiness.net/tool that demonstrates that the hypothesis uniquely warrants credibility if the assumption that the preponderance of your words is not extended is unquestionable. Apologies for adopting a contradictory viewpoint but, theoretically speaking, lengthening the words can manufacture an incongruous statement that is virtually incomprehensible.
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~matt.davis/Cmabrigde/
Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 10:52 am
by dagcrack
Indeed its a very old thread... but reading it I inmediatly thought "who would be so retarded to write like that?" lol... I always thought this "experiment" was so damn tard... Its true you can read on most cases such texts, but, who would in earth write like that? even people with out teeth and 2 potatoes inside their mouth can talk better

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 7:46 pm
by Num3
dagcrack wrote: but reading it I inmediatly thought "who would be so retarded to write like that?"
My 2 cents:
Goegre W. Bsuh?