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I received an email recently with this in it:
(I could read it fine, BTW)
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Are you one of the 55 people out of 100 who can read this?

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!
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So - my question(s):
Why can't some people read it? Does this have anything to do with dyslexia? What about other languages like Chinese with entirely different methods of constructing words?

VelvetRose · Accepted Answer

A fluent reader/speaker of English would have no problem after years of reading the words over and over again through all kind of reading materials. Really it is the visual memory at work here.Also, as long as each word has the beginning and ending letter of the word it is easy to grasp the words. If you give this to a second language learner they wouldn't be able to read it as they would be depending on phonetics to help them.

Anonymous · Answer

Yea, I could read it too. But I think that some people can't read it for the same reason that they can't read a normal word: they read each word individually. Reading just comes easier to some people. I don't think it has to do with dyslexia though. As for the other language thing, I think languages like spanish and french would still work because they form words with individual letters, but not Chinese because if you move a character it changes the complete meaning of words. 0.o

Anonymous · Answer

This ability is an innate trait that allows us to discern a word within a context as lnog as the first and last letters are correct and the other letters are pesrent, even if in an incorrect order.

brijmohan · Answer

Both B and D are actual; language shapes all facets of belief, notion, and reminiscence (to a few measure), however a few facets of considering are extra susceptible to language impact than others...

SamToucan41 · Answer

I think anybody fluent in reading english can read it, I don't think the 55/100 part is factual.

It is pretty cool though!

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