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Hitman84
hunter
Username: Hitman84
Post Number: 246
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 4:05 pm: |     |
Read this:
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses
and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by ilstef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Ok I've come across this passage many times on the net, but not the research paper. Anybody know where I can find more about this..
"Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility."
- Richard Dawkins |
Hitman84
hunter
Username: Hitman84
Post Number: 247
Registered: 9-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 4:07 pm: | |
Duh, an internet meme..
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/~mattd/Cmabrigde/
Still very interesting!
"Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility."
- Richard Dawkins |
Cavebear
cave painter
Username: Cavebear
Post Number: 3219
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 1:43 am: | |
It is an interesting question, Hitman84. I have an interest in linguistics, so questions like this intrigue me.
I'd say that I can read the passage you offerred easily, but certainly not without some mental translation. Yet I am practically trained to do so by over a decade of internet communication with people who type poorly (myself often included) and 2 years of kitty blogging (where poor spelling is almost standardized).
So I have to wonder if my parents, who have never had any computer connection would read the passage as easily as I. I suspect they would notIt could just be an experiential thing.
Still, great question either way!
I recall a puzzle of sorts from pre-computer days:
"Heyjoederdeygotousandbusesinarownojoedemistruckssummitcowsandsummitducks"
Can you translate that? 
Thank you, Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins... |
Angakuk
flint knapper
Username: Angakuk
Post Number: 797
Registered: 6-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 14, 2008 - 3:57 am: | |
Hey Joe, there they go. Thousand buses in row. No, Joe, them is trucks, some with cows and some with ducks.
Am I close?
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily; not to dare is to lose oneself.
- Soren Kierkegaard
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Cavebear
cave painter
Username: Cavebear
Post Number: 3221
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 - 4:19 am: | |
On the spot! Very good... I would try you on "Who Owns The Zebra" but it would be too easy to just look up.
Thank you, Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins... |
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