Can You Read This?

[Anita]

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 % plepoe 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!

[stardust]

Very easy to read!  The first and last letters are in their proper place.  All the other letters can be mixed up, and it's still readable.  That's why a lot of folks have trouble proof reading.  It's so easy to read right over the errors....

So, you and I read the whole word very easily, even if it's messed up.  The problem here is when toopid teachers/schools try to teach 'reading' by the 'whole word method'.  I personally don't think that works until the brain has been properly trained to recognize the word...and that takes years, no? 

[kim]

Bodloy hlel taht was fnuny