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mahnmut ([personal profile] mahnmut) wrote2010-12-04 12:46 pm
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The wodners of lagnauge

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by ilstef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

[identity profile] prog-expat.livejournal.com 2010-12-04 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm the same way. I wonder if it's got something to do with subconsciously being on the lookout for common misspellings like "taht", or maybe that t and th are different things in English.