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Dnot konw how mnay of you konw tihs, but you can sltil raed wrnitig [as quickly as normal writing] depstie the ltertes bineg mxied up. The olny fatocr invloved is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer msut be the smae as the oirgianl wrod.

Comlpetley ulseess fcat, but I thghuot I'd shrae it wtih yuo aynawy.

Tartirey

Tertiary

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Two things:

1) This topic has been done several times, most notably when this was actually a news item.

2) It only works for relatively short and inobscure words. What's the following word?

Trarteiy

Tthas a laod of rbubsih.

cookie monster wrote:
> c4|\| `/0|_| |234|) 7]-[|5 45 Q|_|iC|<|_`/?

I can read it, but it took me a while.

Possibly, I should really read up on it to find out exactly why it happens. Saw it ages ago on some other forum and it had been researched by some people at university I think. Feel a bit stupid posting it in a new topic when there happens to be an "Interesting Facts" topic lying around about 1cm down the screen though :x

cookie monster wrote:
> c4|\| `/0|_| |234|) 7]-[|5 45 Q|_|iC|<|_`/?

Unfortunately I can :[ The geek within me is strong. Thankfully I can't type it very quickly :]

c4|\| `/0|_| |234|) 7]-[|5 45 Q|_|iC|<|_`/?

Yeah, its strange.

I think its got something to do with us being used to spelling mistakes. If we all spelled correctly and only read proper writing, and then someone did it, i bet people would struggle to read it.

Dnot konw how mnay of you konw tihs, but you can sltil raed wrnitig [as quickly as normal writing] depstie the ltertes bineg mxied up. The olny fatocr invloved is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer msut be the smae as the oirgianl wrod.

Comlpetley ulseess fcat, but I thghuot I'd shrae it wtih yuo aynawy.