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    4. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod 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. Amzanig huh?
    Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod 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. Amzanig huh?

    received an encouriging e- mail  : }

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    +1  Views: 597 Answers: 6 Posted: 14 years ago
    Bb.Doll63

    Iedend it is. At fsirt gnacle I was ??? I bknield and it bmeace caler.
    Commented 14 years ago
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      ????

      14 years ago. Rating: 7
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        doolittle

        Shouldn't it be: sohot me now??? (read my comment) :)
        commented 14 years ago
        FISH-O

        commented 14 years ago

        I thought this was cool beans the first time I saw it years ago.

        14 years ago. Rating: 6
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          FISH-O

          commented 14 years ago
          Cool Beans

          Thanks! I've been reading some of your stuff and I think you're coolio too! You're very imaginative. You make me laugh. :)
          commented 14 years ago

          Tihs is vrey cool nwes to me!  ....but it could drive you to drink after a paragraph or two!!!!!

          14 years ago. Rating: 4
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            I'm embarrassed, it took me three tries before I understood.............

            14 years ago. Rating: 3
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              doolittle

              Embarrassed? Try Normal!!!
              commented 14 years ago

              Welcome to 1994

              14 years ago. Rating: 3
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                Chaplin Don

                Yeh, I did receive the e- mail a while ago, but I liked it so much I printed it and saved it. I'm sure some folks will get a kick out of it.
                commented 14 years ago
                Vinny

                That's cool! :) I thought by now everyone saw it, this thing was plastered all over the www. Keep up the good work!
                commented 14 years ago

                Your Cambridge study may be interesting but we at akaQA are used to reading this kind of words, day in and day out.  Hence, they look perfectly normal to us, unless all of them went to college at the University of Cambridge and were part of this survey.

                14 years ago. Rating: 2
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