Comments | kimkali: Can you read this? Only 60 people on LJ can

kimkali

Can you read this? Only 60 people on LJ can

Jul 05, 2006 11:05

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I wuas rdanieg.The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch atCmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in awrod aer, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit nda lsat ltteer bein the rghit pclae ( Read more... )

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thekumquat July 5 2006, 10:13:17 UTC

The fact that I've seen dozens of variations of this might be a more significant factor, especially given the mistakes 'wuas' for was, yhou for you, huuamn for human

And the fact that the longer words have letters moved only a couple places: Cmabrigde Uinervtisy is easier than Cgidbmare Usievtinry, for example.

kimkali July 5 2006, 10:19:22 UTC

~ponders~

~nods~

Very much so. It seems each syllabl (and it is not even noon and I have given up any pretence of being a functional, spelling huuuuman beeeeing) needs to be kept together for reading speed to be maintained.

I find it interesting that something with jumbled letters is easier to read than something foneic ~smile~

mejoff July 5 2006, 12:07:53 UTC

Yes, if you examine the process more carefully, it is syllable rather than word based, which refines rather than refutes the conclusion.

kimkali July 5 2006, 12:34:00 UTC

Can I put this down as my Something Clever for the day and crawl back under my rock now?!

megaleena July 5 2006, 10:34:24 UTC

Moi, I can!

kimkali July 5 2006, 12:53:38 UTC

~cheers~
~grin~

wraithwitch July 5 2006, 10:43:42 UTC

I like the fact the title proclaims it to be something terribly tricksy and elitist sounding (you can only read this if you have a soooooper brain!)... and then the actual blurb is about how absolutely everyone can read words with jumbled letters =)

kimkali July 5 2006, 11:30:23 UTC

Ah yes this all new inclusive elitism - I bet we'll see more of this during the next general election...

themadone July 5 2006, 10:56:12 UTC

Wierd...you'd have thought in all the years this research has been posted on LJ, that more than 60 people would be able to read it. I guess I must be one of the lucky few :)

deerfold July 5 2006, 11:13:51 UTC

Have you seen the adverts asking people not to assault train staff ("It dosen't mkae sesne"?). They are written in this style.

kimkali July 5 2006, 11:29:29 UTC

~nods~ I like those. Clever use of something really very simple that creates enough of a pause that the posters actually get read.
Cunning.

But do we credit FCUK?

d_morff July 5 2006, 12:13:10 UTC

But do we credit FCUK?
No, I think they're just trying to be contra... Contrav... Contavertistic... ya know what I mean.

deerfold July 5 2006, 12:50:21 UTC

Contraviscious?

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