Something Strange

Smteiomes I get tlatloy cenofsud by tihs wlohe mxeid up wrold. A tnhig mkaes aslobultey no ssnee to one psoern, but it is cmtelelpoy caler and udbanatslrndee to ahnoter. How deos tihs knid of wdrnerses cmoe aubot? Waht mekas one proersn see geisberbh yet aenohtr sees crilarty?

Sespupoeldy, adnircocg to smoe Itreennt lroe, Cmabrigde Uinervtisy did a sduty on rdeanig and dscoeirevd taht it deos not mteatr waht odrer lrettes cmoe in a wrod, so lnog as the fsirt and lsat ltreets are in tehir pporer pcale. The oethr ltetres in the wrdos can be a jlmube, but we cloud sitll raed tehm.

I wrednoed aubot taht cailm, so I tgouhht I wuold put it to a tset. If you can raed tihs, tehn the cailm has smoe tturh to it. If you cnonat raed tihs, tehn it is jsut an Iernentt tcirk.

Sometimes I get totally confused by this whole mixed up world. A thing makes absolutely no sense to one person, but it is completely clear and understandable to another. How does this kind of weirdness come about? What makes one person see gibberish yet another sees clarity?

Supposedly, according to some Internet lore, Cambridge University did a study on reading and discovered that it does not matter what order letters come in a word, so long as the first and last letters are in their proper place. The other letters in the words can be a jumble, but we could still read them.

I wondered about that claim, so I thought I would put it to a test. If you can read this, then the claim has some truth to it. If you cannot read this, then it is just an Internet trick.

Bullgrit
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