Well, it interested me, anyway....

[venta]

Just received this in a bit of junk email:

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh 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 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.
Ceehiro

Anyone got any thoughts?

(No, I don't really imagine it's the result of serious research anywhere)

Comments

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

I agree with bibliogirl. Empirically, the above passage is easily readable, and as such the theory must hold some water.

Mind you, I am very used to re-sorting the letters in the words as I read them, so it could be just me.

[venta.livejournal.com]

re-sorting the letters in the words

Illiterate friends, or merely a lifetime's overindulgence in Scrabble and crosswords ?