If you can read this, your brain works 50% faster than others 8

[rjoubert]

I remember reading this before...not sure if it was here...if it's a repost, I apologize.

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid, too.

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! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.

If you can read this, your brain is 50% faster than those who can't.

 

[Welshbird]

Blimey I'm speedy upstairs!

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[Grenage]

50% is tosh, almost everyone will be able to read that. Providing that the correct number of letters are present, only the first and last letters really need to be in the right place.

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[rjoubert]

Grenage...I would tend to agree with you on that. I just found that posted somewhere else and copy and pasted it. I thought it was interesting.

 

[Olaf Doschke]

I knew that one.

It's also an example of speedreading, as it show we underestimate our ability to read faster. I find it easier to read, if reading it faster, not focusing on single words or their spelling.

Bye, Olaf.

 

[LNBruno]

CN U RD THS?

Sure you can. It's text messaging; the next generation of (global?) language.

HAGD!

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I am not a hamster and life is not a wheel.

 

[Stella740pl]

Oh. That Cmabrigde Uinervtisy rscheearch again. I think, it's at the very least a third or fourth time I read this (and, possibly, more), with majority of them being on Tek-Tips. This is the one I found because it is an identical copy:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=945817&page=37

(Nov. 2004, by the way), but I cannot find so far other instances, for they were somewhat different.

 

[Welshbird]

*sigh*


I'm not extra clever after all then?


*sigh*

Fee

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[SantaMufasa]

I'm not extra clever after all then?

Fee, not necessarily...although it doesn't prove that you are extra clever, it also doesn't prove that you are not extra clever.

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[GlenJohnson]

Don't know if I'm so smart or not. Got halfway through it before I realized there was anything wrong.


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[columb]

For those of us of a certain age, and who spent far too much time travelling the London underground the phrase

fi yuo cna raed this

is reminiscent of

if u cn rd ths

which was an add for a secretarial school.

Ceci n'est pas une signature
Columb Healy

 

[SantaMufasa]

fi yuo cna raed this

I thought you were going to tell us it was Welsh. <grin> (Sorry Fee.)

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
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[SkipVought]

As Satchmo once said, and to paraphrase...

Read it, not too slow, an not too fas.

Jus sorta half-fas!

Skip,
[sub]
To be safe on the [red]FOURTH[/red],
Don't take a [red]FIFTH[/red] on the [red]THIRD[/red]
Or you might not come [red]FORTH[/red] on the [red]FIFTH[/red]
[red][highlight blue]FORTH[/highlight][/red][white][highlight red]WITH[/highlight][/white] [/sub]

 

[mattKnight]

I thought you were going to tell us it was Welsh.

There are too many vowels and not enough &quot;l&quot;s for it to be Welsh

Take Care

Matt
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

 

[KornGeek]

I've seen this "theory" posted numerous times, and I've disproven it repeatedly.

Here is the same text with the first and last letters in the same, but the remaining letters of the word arranged alphabetically. Although still somewhat readable, it hardly qualifies as "without a problem.":

i cdlnout beeilve taht I cloud aaclltuy uadennstrd waht I was radeing. The paaehmnnol peowr of the hamun mind, accdinorg to a racceehrsh at Cabdgimre Ueiinrstvy, it denos't maettr in waht oderr the leertts in a word are, the olny iamnoprtt thing is taht the fisrt and last leettr be in the rghit pacle. The rest can be a taotl mess and you can siltl raed it whiotut a pbelorm. This is bacesue the hamun mnid deos not raed eervy leettr by ielstf, but the word as a whloe. Aaimnzg huh? yaeh and I aalwys tghhout seillnpg was iamnoprtt! if you can raed this faorrwd it.

Here is yet another arrangement of the letters (arbitrarily chosen by me).

i cunldot bievele taht I culod atacully usedtarnnd waht I was raidneg. The poemnnaahl pweor of the hmuan mnid, androccig to a raecehrsch at Carbigmde Usetinrivy, it dones't meattr in waht oderr the leertts in a wrod are, the olny irnmapott tihng is taht the frsit and lsat lteetr be in the rghit palce. The rset can be a ttaol mses and you can siltl raed it wuthoit a plerbom. Tihs is bsaucee the huamn mnid deos not raed eervy lteter by ieltsf, but the wrod as a wolhe. Aimnzag huh? yaeh and I ayawls thughot slleipng was intrapmot! if you can raed tihs fwarrod it.

Even less readable.

Now, here is some text taken from a pseudo-random place on the internet and given the same treatment.

Piratve precostandsoy sloochs and cellgoes are apevorpd by the Sttae with ogrevisht aiouhrtty vteesd in the Dpmeentart of Cmnsoeur Araiffs, Breauu for Piratve Peasdncrtsooy and Vacatioonl Eatcoidun (BPPVE). The BPPVE also aveorpps non-drgeee graitnng vacatioonl sloochs and pmgaorrs lndaieg to lnnicsieg. Satte aropapvl is not the smae as acordicetatin. Smoe sttae arevoppd itsinitonuts are atccrieded, while oreths are not. NTOE: BPPVE has cesold due to the sseunt cusale in its essaiblthing lsaltogeiin. Catcont the Damenterpt of Comnuser Afraifs for mroe inoatifirmn.

Although you might be able to figure it out, it dosen't read as easily as the first post. Yes, i did that preupsoly.

 

[Stella740pl]

KornGeek,

Star for you - for having that time on hand and doing the test. I though that the order of the letter does matter - but was not willing to go lengths to test and disprove that theory.

Now, did anyone ever check if the study actually exists or it is just another urban legend?

 

[aardvark92]

Snopes gives this one a status of undetermined. The original version of this probably did not say Cambridge. This may be based on studies done at the University of Edinburgh.

 

[KornGeek]

Something else just occurred to me:

Since when does "research" have the same letters between the first and last as "rscheearch"?

 

[Stella740pl]

This may be based on studies done at the University of Edinburgh.
Even Edinburgh, doesn't matter. But did the study that saying exactly what this text is saying exist? And what was their conclusion?

 

[pinkgecko]

I heard it was an urban legend, and not based on a study at all. Somebody just wrote it, and the internet has made it popular.

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