October 13, 2007 3:47 PM
Can you read this?
Tripp sent me this:
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, t he olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a ta otl 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! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.
Don't know if the 55 out of 100 people part is true, but thought you might have fun sharing this with your kids. It really shows how flexible the human mind is.
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3 out of 3 can read it here...I wonder about the stats. my son is 7, but he could read it.
bonnie
Posted by: bonnie | October 13, 2007 4:40 PM
I guess I'm joining the ranks of the strange as I could read that. lol
Posted by: Laura @ Laura WIlliams' Musings | October 13, 2007 4:45 PM
The amazing thing is that after the first sentence, I read it as fast as would have read it spelled correctly.
Posted by: Amy K. | October 13, 2007 7:59 PM
It IS a funny exercise, but I have heard that the only reason we can read it (those who can) is because we learned to read with phonics- sight reading couldn't decode it, I think.
Posted by: Melissa | October 13, 2007 9:59 PM
I think I learned reading by sight reading and I can read it too. This was fun! Never tried that before :)
Posted by: Jeannine | October 14, 2007 9:34 AM
http://www.espindle.org/wordpress/?p=27 A little more detail on the lesson in reading after Googling the first line.
Posted by: Valerie | October 14, 2007 9:42 AM
hilarious! i can read it. just wanted to add that your blog and YOU are a great blessing.
thanks for being a light!
Posted by: Ruth | October 14, 2007 2:20 PM
Interesting! Although I learned to "sight-read" and found it easy, seems like sounding it out with phonics might be confusing like this.
Posted by: Cathy | October 14, 2007 6:02 PM
Hey what do ya know? I'm fluent in Mixed Up! Actually it looks more like my typing on a cold winter morning when my brain and fingers are running slow.
Posted by: Lavender Blue | October 15, 2007 8:32 AM
I'm strange too. Neat exercise!
Posted by: Margaret | October 15, 2007 12:07 PM
Well shoot. There goes explaining to my 5th grader that spelling is important ...
Posted by: floorplan | October 15, 2007 12:26 PM
Very fun! I had no trouble reading this... reminds me of how Hebrew is written, without vowels. Blessings, e-Mom
Posted by: e-Mom | October 15, 2007 12:27 PM
I could read this just as if I were reading something written correctly. Too funny...by the way- I'm Sarah. I've read your blog a few times and really enjoy it! =)
Posted by: Sarah | October 15, 2007 5:28 PM
Wow! My 7 year old could read this. The only words he had a problem with were university and phenomenal and he said sleeping for spelling.
Posted by: Amy | October 18, 2007 6:07 PM
