Linn Hise wrote this on her Facebook page: (I think it circulated the web in 2003 but since she had twins we can give her some slack!!)
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. If you can raed tihs, psot it to yuor wlal. Olny 55% of plepoe can.
Checked it out on Snopes.com
http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp
Just funny because I can finally read something very clearly!
It does freak out the spell check though.
John Britt
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. If you can raed tihs, psot it to yuor wlal. Olny 55% of plepoe can.
Checked it out on Snopes.com
http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp
Just funny because I can finally read something very clearly!
It does freak out the spell check though.
John Britt
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