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)

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[(Anonymous)]

Research be damned. It's typial of any copy sent to a local weekly paper by a village correspondent who can't touch-type.
It is so easy to decipher, it gives you the key to "speed reading" - scan the shapes don't read the words.
Why does half the world always read "shopfitters" as shoplifters"?