Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wodrs are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total
mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
According to a researcher at Cambridge University, no-one at Cambridge is researching this, and the claim that the order of the letters is unimportant is not true at all.
For example, see how long it takes you to read this:
"A dootcr has aimttded the magltheuansr of a tageene ceacnr pintaet who deid aetfr a hatospil durg blendur."
More info, and pointers to what might be the real research behind this meme, which does have some truth in it:
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/personal/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/ http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp -- Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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