Chris, This is one example of "mangled" English that a student sent to me.
Ken Kikuchi Oakton Community College 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!!! > In San Francisco at APA in August, I saw a poster which contain a > passage of text in which virtually every words was badly misspelled, yet > because we recognize words by shape more than internal letters, it was > perfectly readable. I have seen it other places before, and though I > might be able to find a copy somewhere on the internet, but have failed > thus far. > > Does anyone else out there know what I'm talking about, and know where I > might find a copy on-line? > > Thanks, > Chris > -- > > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > > > 416-736-5115 ex. 66164 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ====================================== > > > > > > > > > > > --- ---
