BS: Mxeid Wrods

Subject: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: *Laura*
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 01:00 PM

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. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: *Laura*
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 01:01 PM

I had this saved on my computer and thought 'twas interesting - apologies if I got it from here!!

xLx

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: gnu
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 01:15 PM

I sped-read that and had no problem at all. Neat!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 01:19 PM

Good cripse... can we have this thing posted ONE MORE TIME here...

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: khandu
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 01:21 PM

Yeah, it has been here before in a slightly different form. But, what the hay!

The title, "Mxeid Wrods" reminded me of one of G. Dubya Bush' bloopers during the debates. He was saying Kerry was always sending "mixed messages". It was coming out "mexed missages", but he caught it and corrected it after he had said "mexed miss..."

k

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Le Scaramouche
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 02:16 PM

Hwy?

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Amos
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 02:39 PM

Hwy ton?


A

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Le Scaramouche
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 03:06 PM

hwat?

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Little Robyn
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 04:44 PM

No, no, you have to strat woth teh rihgt lteter or it deons't wrok!
Ryobn

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Firecat
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 04:53 PM

Tihs is ralely wreid! I hvena't got the hnag of it yet, and it dseont wrok wtih two or tehre lteter wrdos.

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: *Laura*
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 04:57 PM

no but wehn it wroks its rlaely wried how fsat you can raed it!!

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Le Scaramouche
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 05:08 PM

Hwat Wroks Sruely?

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: jpk
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 05:10 PM

seen that i readers digst alittle while back still neat

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Raedwulf
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 05:13 PM

Idened! It really does work, but I wonder how much it relates to the ability to spell. My English has always been excellent (blame my parents & the house full of books...).

Is it the case, therefore, that I recognise the group of letters & infitdey (I find it a real btsarad to deliberately mispell - how the hell did Les Dawson manage to purposely misplay songs at the piano?!) the word because of that?

I read the initial post at more or less normal speed. How would a dyslexic find it? I imagine as easily, perhaps more easily (on the grounds that this is more or less normal?), as I did. But would one of the... ummm... how do I put this... the educational underclass (NB: I make no comment about their intelligence, just the fact that they don't do well in mainstream schooling) be able to make sense of it?

Phonetic & written spelling are often very different. Take "phaonmneal" as an example. Fi-nom-e-null would be a reasonable phonetic rendition. If you are not sufficiently schooled to be able to recognise the original, will you be able to recognise the "mxeid" version?

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Shakey
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 08:09 PM

Looks like yer average thread to me

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 08:15 PM

Seem to rmemeber a trhaed lkie tihs bfoere....not too lnog ago. Was it jsut my igmanition?

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Shakey
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 08:25 PM

This was supposedly developed as an age test by an R&D department at
Harvard University.


Take your time and see if you can read each line aloud without making a
mistake.


The average person over 40 years of age can't do it.


          1. This is this cat.
          2. This is is cat.
          3. This is how cat.
          4. This is to cat.
          5. This is keep cat.
          6. This is an cat.
          7. This is old cat.
          8. This is fart cat.
          9. This is busy cat.
          10. This is for cat.
          11. This is forty cat.
          12. This is seconds cat.

Now go back and read aloud the third word in each line from the top down.

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Raedwulf
Date: 30 Jul 05 - 08:32 PM

Under forty, no mistakes, & took less than 20 seconds... Harvard? Pish!

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 31 Jul 05 - 01:40 AM

I still get my muckin furds wuddled.

eric

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Peace
Date: 31 Jul 05 - 02:16 AM

Fckunig azamnig!

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 31 Jul 05 - 05:12 AM

Asbofeckinloloty.

eirc

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: Flash Company
Date: 31 Jul 05 - 10:20 AM

Used to be a guy in ITMA in wartime who 'Wessed up his murds', can't remember who played him at the moment, but will find out.
This subject rather reminds me of Tommy Beechams theory of conducting ,'As long as the orchestra start together and finish together, the audience don't care what happens in the middle!'

FC

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: GUEST,lurch
Date: 31 Jul 05 - 12:36 PM

Laura, must get my nuts tightened, my head hurts reading that!
If that is the case, which it appears to be, then WHY did my teachers at skcool say I was dislocksik, I've been wrod blnid all my file!

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Jul 05 - 05:56 PM

How to play                                           how to play
computer tennis                                       computer tennis
follow the dotted line>-->--->------------<---<--

Subject: RE: BS: Mxeid Wrods
From: jpk
Date: 01 Aug 05 - 05:12 PM

same reason so many people can read it as what the want it to be instead of what it really was,they see what they expect AND want to see.
ad ta al a gd dy hv.