How Smart Are You?
PuroFreak
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Olny srmat poelpe can raed this.
I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the first and last ltteer be in the rgh it pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Ok, so I was bored and found this amuzing...
I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the first and last ltteer be in the rgh it pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Ok, so I was bored and found this amuzing...
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This also explains why the English language gets butchered so ridiculously these days. It isn't so much a disrespect for proper grammar as it is an acknowledgement that the human mind doesn't require such precise attention to detail. Also, I have a theory that, as we continue to test the boundaries of our ability to compose and understand text like "Big Dan Speak," our ability to process abstract thoughts is increased as well. The study by itself is interesting, but after getting over the initial novelty of the results, I would ask... now what?
or the Smurfs
it's - contraction (it is)
At first, I thought you had done that on purpose. It distracted me and I needed to read it again to get your point. Of course, that also makes the point that I would have difficulty reading that book.
Wow, I tinhk I wlil poendr tihs oevr a cgiar....
I give up... what?
for those who dont know, the book is very dream-like and stream of consciousness. The plot is hard to find through all of this and it is VERY difficult to read. ( i forced my way through it once... never really got it) you need more than context clues to get that book. It would be like the above experiment with words but with a word you dont know. you cant use context clues to understand it and your brain wont organize it into a nice "word" because you have never seen the real word before.
example:
"I loved him for nothing so much as his foccciinaunihilliilifichilinpation of money"
the above very long word is not in order. your brain will not proscess it because it probably has never seen that word before. whats strange is, i have, so i can casually glance at it and get it.
even if you try to look at it and figure it out, you cant if you have never seen the real word.
you have no idea what that word is do ya?
it IS a real word. the actual spelling is"
Floccinaucinihilipilification
for those who dont wanna click on the link it (in short) means the act of describing something as useless or becoming useless via depreciation.
OR
feeling small or insignificant because of your own depreciation compared to your surroundings.
context clues would never have helped you.