My mom forwarded me one of those little mind trick things last week. Usually I have no use for these things, but this one was rather amazing. See if you can make it out:
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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! if you can raed tihs forwrad it
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Clearly, the takeaway message here is that this whole concept of 'spelling' is highly overrated. Which is wonderful news for Mikey, who I went to Hawaii with, as it's a concept that he never really quite grasped.
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I awlyas knew taht slpeling was total crap.
An excellent book that I just finished reading that goes into how the brain processes words - although more from a verbal and oral point of view, than written, is Um-- slips, stumbles, and verbal blunders, and what they mean by Michael Erard.
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