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Revan · Wysłany: Sro 11 Sty, 2006 1:38 pm **Can you read this?**

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 deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat
ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed
ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I
awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt !

I don't know whether it is somewhere in the forum, if yes, then delete it

Otsuntading, ins't it?

rudzia · Wysłany: Sro 11 Sty, 2006 5:01 pm

Acctually, it was quite easy to read

Revan · Wysłany: Sro 11 Sty, 2006 5:40 pm

Rudzia, that's the point! You haven't read the text carefully :>

barteks · Wysłany: Sro 11 Sty, 2006 8:43 pm

I couldn't recognise only the one word, namely "taotl". I had to think for a while... TOTAL

rudzia · Wysłany: Sro 11 Sty, 2006 10:13 pm

Revan I read it carefully, but I assumed to be difficult, as English is my second language.

Revan · Wysłany: Czw 12 Sty, 2006 4:14 pm

I don't think it makes any difference, if you are on an intermediate level

I was surprised I had aprroached no problems while attempting to read this

majlo · Wysłany: Pią 13 Sty, 2006 5:55 pm

My psychology lecturer showed us the same thing during the lecture, except for it was in Polish. You can easily read it because we "supposedly" seize whole words, not just particular letters. Pretty interesting.

barteks · Wysłany: Pią 13 Sty, 2006 6:20 pm

Pay attention that words used in this excerpt aren't so difficult. If they had been more sophisticated, you wouldn't have read it easily.

Revan · Wysłany: Pią 13 Sty, 2006 8:17 pm

Nope, barteks, you're wrong. If you don't know specific vocabulary, you won't read it. That's the only case.

barteks · Wysłany: Pią 13 Sty, 2006 8:28 pm

Revan, what do you mean as 'specific'?

Revan · Wysłany: Pią 13 Sty, 2006 10:14 pm

Specific? Hmm...Perhaps I misused this word. I meant->the vocabulary commonly used.

majlo · Wysłany: Pią 13 Sty, 2006 11:13 pm

Of course, even in Polish, if you don't know the particular words, you won't be able to read an excerpt. When I say read, I mean catch the meaning. Even if the letters were arranged in correct order, you still wouldn't be able to read it. That's how I see it.

Revan · Wysłany: Nie 15 Sty, 2006 1:20 pm

Yep, majlo, that's what I meant.