Can Yuo Raed Tihs?

hot_pastrami · 09-16-2003, 01:22 PM

Via Slashdot... I thought this was cool...

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

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09-16-2003, 01:24 PM

Jag will love this.

09-16-2003, 01:24 PM

Excuse me...

jguaar wlil lvoe tihs.

juju · 09-16-2003, 02:54 PM

I think you might have misspelled some words in there.

(:::insert insulting witticism here in order to make me feel better about myself:::)

Cam · 09-16-2003, 03:36 PM

I got this in an email yesterday. It's pretty cool, and explains why I can't spell yet can read pretty quickly.

Whit · 09-16-2003, 11:14 PM

      Okay, I'll admit upfront that I could read it without much difficulty. However, I still had a kind of sharp pain forming behind my eyes. I also blinked a few extra times. I don't know... I think it did throw me a little. Kind of like in an actual conversation a guy used a quintuple negative. I was lost, everyone else got his meaning. I guess I'm just thrown by how badly the language is getting mauled. I'm not even a spelling nazi.

ThisOleMiss · 09-17-2003, 11:30 AM

Gee, for a minute there I thought the cat was on the keyboard again

Uryoces · 09-17-2003, 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by ThisOleMiss
Gee, for a minute there I thought the cat was on the keyboard again

sned catnip and tyos,, orr thje old mann gets it. -cat

zippyt · 09-17-2003, 10:41 PM

I got it right away , but then again i am dislecsic so i can read upside down and backwards as well . I beleve it has to do with how the brain proceces info , just so much is reconized at a glance then the rest is extrapolated from known patterens . Weird but i can kind of read some foren languages . And yes i know my spelling and grammer sucks but thats how it works for me . I have to have my wife proof read most any thing i wright , but what REALLLLY buggs the crap out of me is when i am trying to get a thought out and she is correcting me on the fly . Yes spell and grammer check is my best buddy .

ThisOleMiss · 09-17-2003, 11:29 PM

Is that why I can read upside down and backwards (teachers hate that) but can't spell for squat. I also do cross stitch backwards from everyone else, but it works.

Strange what the human brain can do.

lumberjim · 10-13-2003, 08:03 PM

hey how aobut taht siht! tihs culod be a new coed to commnuiacte wtih the speis deep in Irauq

oh and its so mcuh fun!

Lmubreijm

wolf · 10-14-2003, 12:29 AM

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Originally posted by ThisOleMiss
Is that why I can read upside down and backwards (teachers hate that) but can't spell for squat. I also do cross stitch backwards from everyone else, but it works.

I also can read upside down as necessary. I had worked for a sales organization and it was a highly prized skill there. (particularly for the sales staff who would scan client's desks in hopes of finding some proprietary information that might clinch the contract).

What do you mean that you cross stitch backwards from everyone else ... I'm a stitcher too, and I can't figure that one out without more of a description.

Riddil · 10-27-2003, 12:06 PM

What I'm finding really amusing... is that one of the o-so-evil spammers out there has figured this out as well. Every day I now receive 1-2 emails with the subject and most of the contents misspelled in this jumbled letter format. Apparently the thinking is that they'll be able to get their message out, and dodge the spam-blockers at the same time.

Clever.

hot_pastrami · 10-27-2003, 12:10 PM

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Originally posted by Riddil
What I'm finding really amusing... is that one of the o-so-evil spammers out there has figured this out as well. Every day I now receive 1-2 emails with the subject and most of the contents misspelled in this jumbled letter format. Apparently the thinking is that they'll be able to get their message out, and dodge the spam-blockers at the same time.

Clever.

Dirty rotten sons of bitches. I'd like to find some spammers and slam their nuts in a car door a few times.

09-16-2003, 01:22 PM	#1
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	Can Yuo Raed Tihs? Via Slashdot... I thought this was cool... Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000840.php __________________ Hot Pastrami!

09-16-2003, 03:36 PM	#5
Cam dripping with ignorance Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grand Forks ND Posts: 642	I got this in an email yesterday. It's pretty cool, and explains why I can't spell yet can read pretty quickly. __________________ After the seventh beer I generally try and stay away from the keyboard, I apologize for what happens when I fail.

09-16-2003, 11:14 PM	#6
Whit Umm ... yeah. Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 949	Okay, I'll admit upfront that I could read it without much difficulty. However, I still had a kind of sharp pain forming behind my eyes. I also blinked a few extra times. I don't know... I think it did throw me a little. Kind of like in an actual conversation a guy used a quintuple negative. I was lost, everyone else got his meaning. I guess I'm just thrown by how badly the language is getting mauled. I'm not even a spelling nazi. __________________ A friend will help you move. A true friend will help you move a body.

09-17-2003, 11:30 AM	#7
ThisOleMiss Resident President Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Very, very, rural Mississippi Posts: 83	Gee, for a minute there I thought the cat was on the keyboard again __________________ Why kill them when you can make them live and suffer?

09-17-2003, 10:41 PM	#9
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I got it right away , but then again i am dislecsic so i can read upside down and backwards as well . I beleve it has to do with how the brain proceces info , just so much is reconized at a glance then the rest is extrapolated from known patterens . Weird but i can kind of read some foren languages . And yes i know my spelling and grammer sucks but thats how it works for me . I have to have my wife proof read most any thing i wright , but what REALLLLY buggs the crap out of me is when i am trying to get a thought out and she is correcting me on the fly . Yes spell and grammer check is my best buddy . __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

09-16-2003, 01:24 PM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Jag will love this.

09-16-2003, 02:54 PM	#4
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	I think you might have misspelled some words in there. (:::insert insulting witticism here in order to make me feel better about myself:::)

09-17-2003, 11:29 PM	#10
ThisOleMiss Resident President Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Very, very, rural Mississippi Posts: 83	Is that why I can read upside down and backwards (teachers hate that) but can't spell for squat. I also do cross stitch backwards from everyone else, but it works. Strange what the human brain can do. __________________ Why kill them when you can make them live and suffer?

10-13-2003, 08:03 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	lteters and wrods hey how aobut taht siht! tihs culod be a new coed to commnuiacte wtih the speis deep in Irauq oh and its so mcuh fun! Lmubreijm __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-27-2003, 12:06 PM	#13
Riddil Management Consultant Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 165	What I'm finding really amusing... is that one of the o-so-evil spammers out there has figured this out as well. Every day I now receive 1-2 emails with the subject and most of the contents misspelled in this jumbled letter format. Apparently the thinking is that they'll be able to get their message out, and dodge the spam-blockers at the same time. Clever.

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