Typoglycemia
[This comes from a friend...I've seen it posted elsewhere, but seemed worth repeating. Believe it or not you will be able to read it]

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch taem 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. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and yuo awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt.

"It is a damned poor mind indeed that can't think of at least two ways of spelling any word."
-Andrew Jackson (1767 - 1845) US president (7th)

:: ewee 3:33:00 PM [+] :: 2 comments ::
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2 Comments:

Wow. This is awesome! How is it that I was able to read this strange jibberish... This sure counters a punctuation book I've been reading -- Eats, Shoots, and Leaves, which says, for instance:

"To those who care about punctuation, a sentence such as "Thank God its Friday" (without the apostrophe) rouses feelings not only of despair but of violence.

There's even an online punctuation game.

I guses I'm a recvoernig stickler,

-posted by hanjuju : 2:06 PM

hey -- yeah, that is a great book. i was totally self conscious for awhile after i read it (obviously it didn't stick...)

-posted by ewee : 4:22 PM

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