Can you read this?

[Quixote1818]

Poll question: Can you read this?

I am able to read this at normal speed. Only a couple of words tripped me up. Supposedly 55 out of 100 should be able to read this:

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
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!

[BattyDem]

1. I can read it. Wow ... it's weird how the mind works.

:crazy:

On edit: I'll never trust my proofreading skills again!

[W_HAMILTON]

2. Yep

I've seen this before, and thought it was pretty interesting. This snippet may be even more interesting, because the one I read before, only had like two letters switched per word. Looking back at this text, yes, the words are a "taotl mses!"

[madokie]

3. wlel hlel I can raed it to

[Marrah_G]

4. I've always read differently then others

I never really read line by line, I just sort of absorb the paragraph and turn it into a visual in my head, like a movie. Even in elementary school it would drive my teachers nuts. They would think I didn't read the page, but then I could answer their Comprehension questions on it.

The downside is that I read far faster then I can speak and therefore reading out loud is a chore for me.

[TahitiNut]

10. A lot of us had to take classes and be trained to do that.

When I was in school, it was called "speed reading" ... and that was BEFORE Evelyn Wood.

[Buzz Clik]

5. Tahnk gdooness! I tuhoght tihs wsas anthoer fckunig Oabmma trehad.

[BattyDem]

6. RFLO!

:rofl:

[racaulk]

9. :sapry:

:spray: Nice!

[TahitiNut]

12. Fnuny - I tuoght I was gnoig to be tlod to tanhk a tceaher or tnahk a sloider.

:shrug:

[NeedleCast]

7. Wow!

That's pretty cool. Not only can I read this, I can read it about as far as I can read correctly spelled words.

[RufusEarl]

8. I had no problem reading it, that worries me bit!

Peace!

[Spazito]

11. Geez, I had no problem reading that, thta scraes het hlel out of me!

It really is "Azanmig"!

:rofl:

[rucky]

13. But I still can't make sense of a Bush press conference. n/t

[RufusEarl]

14. Try running it through a spell check, it burned mine up!

:shrug:


Peace!

[mondo joe]

15. Makes sense. Once you learn to read, most people don't really READ each word

- they recognize common words as an image. Recognizing "hvae" as "have" isn't that different from recognizing any common visual cue, even if it's somewhat altered.

[sarge43]

16. Oh hum, jsut aonhter Sutarady nhigt in the Lugone. n/t

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

17. Can you read this?

Donald Rumsfeld is briefing President Bush: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed." "Oh no!" exclaims the President, "that's terrible!" His staff is stunned at this unprecedented display of emotion, watching as Bush sits, head in hands. Finally, he looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?

[Phoonzang]

18. Yes, I could read it just as fast as

normal text. Kind of strange... Probably from spending so much time on the Internet.... :)

[alittlelark]

19. What is important is that the 1st and last letters are 'normal'.

Unless it is 2-3 letters long. I think 55% is a low estimate. I seem to remember 70 or so percent as able to read it.

[Whisp]

20. YES!!! I have a human mind! wohooo.

but I see that 2 here don't, and I Know who they are. ;)

[Whisp]

21. Tihs wlil mkae teh sellping Nzaits haesd epoldxe

gawd, that was hard to type.

[Dr. Strange]

22. RMOOFLTA!

[bigwillq]

23. I can read it (nt)

[Crunchy Frog]

24. What it looks like if you put it through spell check.

fie you Can Read Tish, you have a strainer mind too. Can you Read Tish? Only 55 plop out of 100 can.
i Colt believe that I cloud alacrity indentured what I was range. The phenomenal power of the human mind, according to a research at Cambridge Inverts, it doesn't matter in what ordure the letterers in a word are, the only operant tong is that the Frost and lsat latter be in the grit pickle. The rest can be a total mses and you can still Read it whiteout a Belem. Tish is bucksaw the human mind does not Read Evey letter by itself, but the word as a loge. Izanami huh? yeah and I always tugboat spelling was important!

Doesn't look like the 55% figure is very accurate, unless maybe the initial sample size contained alot of functionally illiterate people.

[Bucky]

25. Fcuk tihs siht. Yo'uer ginvig me a haedcahe, ashesol.

dyslexic scorn