This kinda cool (and not related at all to the election)

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I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdaniegÊ The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deons't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the fsirt and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.Ê The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.Ê Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.Ê Azmnaig huh?Ê Yaeh and I awlyas tohguht slpelnig was ipmornatt!

― supercub, Thursday, 4 November 2004 01:41 (twenty years ago)

But you have to spell it anyway, and it takes more effort to fuck the word up, so, uh, okay it's neat.

― Huk-L, Thursday, 4 November 2004 01:44 (twenty years ago)

mias je ne sius pas sur si la mmee csohe est vari en atuers lunaegs, cmome par eepxlme le fnairacs.

It doesn't seem as obvious to me in French as in English. Is that just because I'm not a native French speaker, or does it have something to do with the difference in the languages' spelling systems?

― the krza (krza), Thursday, 4 November 2004 02:04 (twenty years ago)

I would guess that it's because your not a native speaker.

― supercub, Thursday, 4 November 2004 02:05 (twenty years ago)

What about words that have identical lengths and letters, but slightly different meanings which could both plausibly be identified by context?

― Girolamo Savonarola, Thursday, 4 November 2004 02:06 (twenty years ago)

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