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clockwork
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posted 19 September 2003 05:29 AM      Profile for clockwork     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
Or: Cn u rd ths?

quote:
Making the e-mail rounds: "Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."

I checked google searching for the first couple words in the quote and all I found was a bunch of blogs. I don't know any linguistics profs at Cambridge so....

http://snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp


From: Pokaroo! | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged
audra trower williams
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posted 19 September 2003 10:23 AM      Profile for audra trower williams   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post
you can't replace letters, clockwork, only scramble them.

Also: we're having this thread here


From: And I'm a look you in the eye for every bar of the chorus | Registered: Apr 2001  |  IP: Logged

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