How is taht pssoible?

Question

It's Prttey fnuny how we can raed tihs einrte snetnece wtih all tehse ltters all out of palce, and we can cnotniue to keep raednig and sitll mekas snece of waht we are raeding. No mttar how mnay tmies you raed tihs oevr and oevr you can sitll mkae snece of it.
How is taht pssoible?

As long as the first and last letter of the word is in its correct position, you can position the middle letters in any order and still make sence of it. Our eyes just glance at he first and last letters of a word.

Answer 1

I knid of raed taht beofre, but sitll ncie. Mrrey Crhitsams!

Answer 2

I hvae raed aoubt taht as wlel. And it is a ptetry good tnhig, too condinersig the sttae of our ecadutaonil sstyem and the ecfeft txet mssenagig is hainvg on our seplnlig.

Answer 3

First and foremost we are literate second it is like anticipating the next word before seeing it.

Answer 4

Oh yeah what does this say: hrary ptoetr's amript hiar

Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays!

Answer 5

you have a typo in your last line it should read the instead of he (Our eyes just glance at he first and last letters of a word.)

Answer 6

i netocid taht too. its azmaing taht we can raed it and mkae snece of it

Answer 7

yep the brain just needs the first and the last letters .....

Answer 8

I do not know how it is possible, but I was able to read it and understand what I was reading.

Answer 9

I think it has something to do with how we read mispelled words.

Answer 10

Ha, sad, I read that without flaw. Guess it's true.