Are you one of the 55?

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

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 pboerl m. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig hu h? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! fi uoy can raed tihs pelase tel em konw by lavenig a cmomnet.

10 comments:

  1. So, how cmoe olny 55 peploe out of 100 can raed taht?

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  2. I can read it but I know that I don't read every word. I've been working on speed reading more and more. I also have a son who writes like a monkey on crack.

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  3. Ya, I can read it. Really, only 55 out of 100? Seems like it would be more...

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  4. I can read it too,
    doers seem like it would be more.

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  5. of course ,
    I actually write like that. Go figure...

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  6. i think more than 55% can read that. Like Milly, I sped read it :)

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  7. actually i've you've been sending lots and lots of sms or chatting on the computer many hours a day it isn't so hard to read it... yep i can read it easily :)

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  8. Why can't we just key the first and last letters of each word to save time and virtual ink?

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  9. yep. i can read it. i wonder if the other 45% of the people that can't are native english speakers. it would be harder if they weren't i'm sure.

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