Aoccdrnig to a rsaeerch at a Birsith Uinervtisy,
it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmotnat tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe
2007-09-08 04:34:48 · 23 answers · asked by willowandlogan 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
ok so you may have heard this before but i thought it was funny! some people take things too seriously!
2007-09-08 04:56:51 · update #1
Yes - from dyslexia research.
2007-09-08 04:37:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, I did hear about this, but the research only takes into account the level of comprehension once the text has been read, and not the time taken to read it. The research also (as I recall) failed to take into account potential problems which would be encountered when two words which have the same first and last letters, but the same internal letters. Also, the process of reading a piece scrambled like your example above, takes a significantly longer period, and as the purpose of language is to convey meaning as effectively as possible, and since time taken SHOULD be an element in defining 'effective', then the research is, alas, fatally flawed.
2007-09-08 11:45:35 · answer #2 · answered by eriverpipe 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, I had no idea that:
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 at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole.
2007-09-08 11:39:05 · answer #3 · answered by anonymous 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your question makes me think the research was wrong. You wrote the question that way, and my first response was that you are an idiot--until I realized you were trying it out. After a few of these my response was not to try anymore. Maybe the point of the research was about words taken one by one, like in a traffic sign. Stpo or Solw might be understood, but I doubt it.
An omitted letter might work" Like Stp; Slw
2007-09-08 11:42:39 · answer #4 · answered by gilpers302 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Thats fnikcug garet
2007-09-08 11:39:11 · answer #5 · answered by tnucamai 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes aobut trehe of my taehercs hvae tlod me tihs.
2007-09-08 11:39:18 · answer #6 · answered by amy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey, tihs is the frist tmie i've seen tihs. Raelly cool!!!
2007-09-08 17:08:29 · answer #7 · answered by ella j 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I did know that. Yawn. Someone asked this same question a few weeks' ago.
2007-09-08 11:41:48 · answer #8 · answered by Stella S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, seen this loads of times.
2007-09-08 11:37:02 · answer #9 · answered by jet-set 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
waht the hcek are you tlkinag abuot. I cnat usternand waht you tpyed!!! lol
2007-09-08 11:39:41 · answer #10 · answered by blewjaye 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋