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Originally posted by utabintarbo
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.
Of course, this drives anal types, like myself, up a wall 
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LOL!
Yeah, I understood that, but the problem is that it's harder to read. It's hard enough to get someone to read the whole post, so why not make the effort? MY english is pretty good, even though it's a second language to me, but I still occasionally pull out the Webster, to check the spelling of a word, or I copy it into MS Word, for a quick check.
It's also a reflection on you: are you the type of person that pays attention to the details of what you do?
Otherwise, this type of research is good for character/word recognition. It's also an interesting piece of information about english, as a language.
A translation, for those that don't have the patience
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According to a research 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 at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole.
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