An interesting thread in Slashdot:
An
aoynmnuos raeedr sumbtis: “An interesting tidbit from Bisso’s
blog site: Scrambled words are legible as long as first and last letters are in
place. Word of … [Slashdot]
Quoting from it: ‘Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer
in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and
lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll
raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but
the wrod as a wlohe. ceehiro.’
Great stuff! Here’s the original
article.