If you can read this, your brain is 50% faster than those who can’t:
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid, too.
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe tuo fo 100 anc.
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!
Cool. I could read it. :-)
Comment by Rhonda — January 18, 2007 @ 8:41 am
As an English teacher, I must stand up for the importance of spelling…just on principle. (Not that I can spell worth a da*n, but I can use spellcheck.) I’m also a big fan of proper punctuation. :mrgreen:
We talked about this in one of my How To Teach classes. Part of the reason we can read the paragraph is because the words themselves are in a context we understand. After a noun, we’re looking for a verb, etc. Because we know the patterns of the language, we’re primed for the words, and it makes it easier to figure them out. Think how hard it is to do those Jumbles puzzles where they give you a scrambled word and you have to figure it out…if they gave you the first letter and a context, it’d be a lot easier to figure out. (says the girl who can’t do those things to save her life. :wallbash: )
I’ll put away my teacher hat now and just say, the human brain is a cool thing. :bowdown:
Comment by Kimberly — January 18, 2007 @ 9:09 am
It’s not nice to call me strange.
Comment by Marilyn — January 18, 2007 @ 9:10 am
I knew Kimberly would have an explanation.
I can’t do those Jumbles either. Or Sudoko. Or Rubik’s Cubes. Or PacMan for that matter.
Comment by Marilyn — January 18, 2007 @ 9:11 am
Rhonda, I think the faster you read, the easier it is to read this kind of thing.
Kimberly, that totally makes sense. And my punctuation isn’t great, but spelling is a big deal for me — not that I’m good at it, mind you.
Marilyn, I hate puzzles. All of them — crossword, word search, jumbles. I’m not very good at them and they make me feel stupid, so I don’t do them. :mrgreen:
Comment by Jennifer — January 18, 2007 @ 9:58 am
Hey Jen. I love that! Who says that I have grammar problems? :cooldance:
:cooldance: :thumbsup:
Comment by Barbara — January 18, 2007 @ 2:12 pm
LOL, Barbara! And I think you have grammar charm. :thumbsup:
Comment by Jennifer — January 18, 2007 @ 9:52 pm