Bad at Spelling? Well, Wrory no more!

I received this article about this spelling thing in my e-mail. Apparently around that time (September 2003) this thing was circulating through e-mails and websites. I don't know whether there was really a research on this by Cambridge but it is interesting nonetheless.

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 in 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. Explanation of this web meme by Matt Davis. Another explanation by Snopes.

When I first saw this i thought, What is this garbage? But, if you start to read i, i think you'll find that you're actually able to understand what it says. At least i did.

Acodrnicg to a raersech at Cimbradge Untesiviry, it deosn't mtaetr in waht oedrr the ltrtees in a wrod are. The olny iamportnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat leettr be in the rgiht pcale.
The rset can be a ttoal mses and you can stlil raed it wutihot pbleorm. Tihs is beacuse the hamun mnid deos not raed evrey lteter by iletsf, but the wrod as a wohle.

So if yuor rllaey bad at sneillpg, you can now batrhee esay busceae now you konw taht you olny hvae to get the frist and lsat lteetr rihgt!