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bobtheturkey | 18:32 Wed 11th Jun 2008 | ChatterBank
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fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, 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. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

this is a test at cambridge uni that apparently only 55 out of every 100 people can read,
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I liked that so much I've written you a poem, I spellchecked to make sure it has no errors and my spell checker says its fine

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea,
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight for it two say,
Weather eye and wring oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long,
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should bee proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaw's are knot aloud.

Eye have run this poem threw it
Your sure reel glad two no,
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
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I rseent the ipmilctaoin taht I hvae a sgtrane mnid.
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one in the eye for those spelling obsessed nerds though eh knobby :)
I hvae a sgtrane mnid too bob :-) xxx
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Yep - I could read that so I'm obviously strange too!
you will render lucy thomas useless like commissioner gordon
you all sound Scottish, no offence LOL and i could read it fine!
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Plonker ...
wow i can read that ..is it coz i cant spell very well lol
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it just goes to show dyslexia has it uses!!!!!
What you have all missed is the fact that it is important. As the article says, only 55% of people can read this. What about the other 45%.

The only people who think spelling and punctuation don't matter are people who are not intelligent enough to do these things correctly. Dismissal of its importance is their way of masking their deficiency.
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~mattd/Cmabrigde/

This text circulated on the internet in September 2003. I first became aware of it when a journalist contacted a my colleague Sian Miller on 16th September, trying to track down the original source. It's been passed on many times, and in the way of most internet memes has mutated along the way. It struck me as interesting - especially when I received a version that mentioned Cambridge University! I work at Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, in Cambridge, UK, a Medical Research Council unit that includes a large group investigating how the brain processes language. If there's a new piece of research on reading that's been conducted in Cambridge, I thought I should have heard of it before...

I've written this page, to try to explain the science behind this meme. There are elements of truth in this, but also some things which scientists studying the psychology of language (psycholinguists) know to be incorrect. I'm going to break down the meme, one line at a time to illustrate these points, pointing out what I think is the relevant research on the role of letter order on reading. Again, this is only my view of the current state of reading research, as it relates to this meme. If you think I've missed something important, let me know.
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You forgot a question mark after "45%" Lucy.
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it matters not a jot and if anyone corrects me about spelling etc to my face they would get a smack in the mouth with my huge fist :)

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