Can you raed tihs?

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief June 23, 2005 · 1 min read

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Can you raed tihs? Olny srmat poelpe 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 deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

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23 Comments

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 21 years ago

Ok, let’s try your idea. Which of the two words can you read more quickly?

-> si itsh nuerdsntadebl
OR
-> is tihs udnrestnaadlbe

-> si itsh ocmrpeehisnebl
OR
-> is tihs cmorephneislbe

The second option sticks with the 1st and the last letters order.

Ronald · 21 years ago

i think dats not the corrct explnation. actualy ur already familiar sa words and grammar.. try to read this “i wnt yu”
we can read that, not b’coz the 1st and last letters is in the right positions… its b’ coz familiar yung words… try to do it in difficult or unfamiliar words ….

duke · 21 years ago

i like this one.. very interesting and cool :)

mell ditangco · 21 years ago

hehe ok ah. :D

Fleeb · 21 years ago

I dno’t tinhk it wlil wrok with Jseapane / Ceinhse. Tehy got a dfefinret way of wiitrng (liek slimpy adidng a salml lnie wlil gvie you a dfifernet wrod). Heeeehhhhe (oops doesn’t work with hehehehe, hehehe).

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 21 years ago

Yes, it works on any language as long as you are very familiar with that language. Not sure with non-alphabetic languages though (e.g. Chinese, Japanese). :D