On Thursday 24 June 2004 11:29 am, George Gambill wrote:
> Can you read this?
>
> I codnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was radgnieg
>
> THE PAOMNNEHAL 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?

Slashdot had a few articles on this phenomena.  There was a lot of good links 
in the comments leading to explanations, counter-examples, and even a perl 
script to create your own.

Can You Raed Tihs?
http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/09/15/2227256.shtml

MS Psychologist on How We Read
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/09/28/1328220.shtml
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