fI yuo cna raed tihs

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 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!

strange minds; shouldn't that be the 45%? :evilgrin:

Hell, I admit to having a strange mind, so I don't care. :crazy:

:rofl:

I'll freely admit to having a strange mind!

I'm also good at picking up foreign languages.

with ease. Does that mean that there something wrong with me? :rofl:

Been reading doctor's handwriting for years. That must be it. :-)

This is nothing! :D

But can you read upside down?

It's an important office survival skill, sometimes. :evilgrin:

I can.

I can also be strapped upside down on a swinging spinning couch and point to various color patterns.
A skill rarely required in the office environment, but, great fun at parties. :D

:rofl:

I have to ask...when and why?

What can I say? :shrug:

I guess I was cheaper than a monkey. :D

They did give me a nice lollypop, tho.

:)

And it's a good illustration of why one should never proofread their own work if they're a writer. The mind tends to really skim over errors when you already know what it's supposed to say. :hi:

I do that for a couple of my friends. :)

Loks gud 2 me.

:)

Can also read upside down and backwards - comes from years of being a teacher and looking at students' papers from over a desk. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! (Can also write upside down and backwards - my wierd skill of the day) ;)

Does that qualify my mind as FUBAR? :)

backwards."

You have an exceedingly strange mind, and I'll wager your students fear you. :)

As in "How'd she do that!?" or "How'd she know that!?" For the past 15 years my "students" have been senior level corporate executives. While the pay is a lot better in this world, the kids were more fun. But you'd be surprised at the interesting things I've learned with this exceedingly odd "skill." !!

Stunned respect makes more sense at that level. :)

;)

after a certain amount of imbibing. :rofl:

Thanks for posting this.

:hi:

Written upside down: If you can read this put me back on my barstool.

:spray:

I'm left-handed, and I'm part lysdexic from time to time. Prolly helps.

of 100 can read it...after all look at all of the folks who are online where spelling is less than stellar.

And it is really amazing.

aA
:hi:

And I'm not usually good at puzzles, deciphering hidden meanings and so on

cool.

so whet tue hslk?

:shrug:

That is the more interesting question.

going on with the 45% who can't read it!

:hi:

Though I've seen this before, and I'm hesitant to believe it, as it often shows up in a lot of chain e-mails and the like. :)

I wonder if there's a correlation between those who can and the amount of reading they do. Are the semi literates part of the 45 percentile?

scientific basis? Like most things flung around on the 'Net, this one has no citations. It might have had one once and lost it over the years...but we'll never know, I guess. :shrug:

http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp

Maybe that's how I read so fast - skimming over the middle bits.

Fascinating, huh?

I can read it just as fast as I can something that is in proper order. Is there a name for this? The mind is a truly weird and wonderful machine, even if it needs a tweak every once in a while.


Just a side note, I wonder if this technique could be used to defeat certain data mining computer programs (i.e. Eschalon, Carnivore, etc)

Is there a program that can mix up the letters, or do we have to do it the long way?