Spellmaster your days are numbered.

[jakesi]

Aoccdrnig to 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.

[sft42]

Taht is aaznmig taht the avobe can be raed as a cnoehart msagsee. You wluod tnihk taht it wulod be isioslbmpe to mkae haed nor tial form it all. I jsut tuhogt I'd rlpey in knid.

[Quizmonster]

Whn tht rsrch ws frst pblshd, smn clmd th mch th sm ffct cd b shwn jst b rmvng th vwls. (There are problems with shorter words...eg just 'n' might be on, in, an, one, no and various other words...but it does work reasonably effectively.)

[PaulB]

Weird!
I had no probs at all reading all those!

[geofbob]

The problem is that it is far more difficult to write a word with all the correct letters but in the wrong order (apart from the first and last) than to write the word correctly in the first place. And with bad spellers, the word will likely consist not of the correct letters jumbled up, but the wrong letters (and probably the wrong number of letters) jumbled up! Borfee lnog we wluod be paelnidg wtih Selplmsaetr to rurten!

[Kit]

Actually, it's really easy to put words in the wrong order. I do it all the time. Thank heavens for spellcheckers.

[bernardo]

?ngiaa netsiouq eht saw thaw ,yrors ...rE

[beenee]

"Cool"

oh!

[wildwood]

Hvae you been etiang arllamdio suop aigan, Banredro? :-)

[coggles]

!nagia og ew eerH

[bernardo]

Er... wrhee do we go aiagn? Arantticca? The Sotuh Ploe? Sendyy Orpea Husoe phepars? The Hainngg Gdrenas of Bolyban?

[Astraz]

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