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?
Very interesting. But you have not jumbled the letters up as much as you might. The first line could have read: "Aincrocdg to a rcereshaer at Cbgmadire Uvtnistey" Which is a bit harder to discern. Do you agree with the following? "Dsucosiisn fumros can be eelrmtexy puliree and pslionets smitoeems." Kind regards
"Dsucosiisn fumros can be eelrmtexy puliree and pslionets smitoeems." Discussion forums can be extremely puerile and [blank] sometimes.
According to a researcher at Cambridge University, it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be in the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without a problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole. Amazing, huh?
Maybe for native English speakers this is true. I am a polyglot, but have to think about what I am reading for the above examples.
Good observation. I'm a native English speaker and this jumbled stuff is easy for me in English. I doubt I'd have such instant success with jumbled French, German, Spanish or any other language I can usually read in its regular form. Hmmm... perhaps, if the principle works for other languages, an "unscrambling" test of a foreign language could serve as an added indicator, to determine if an applicant is at-or-approaching native fluency. :smile: J.
