For The Pedants On Here

[Diamond Geezer]

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Such a cdonition is arppoiately cllaed Typoglycemia -

 

[Diminuendo]

:blink: :lol:

 

[eric c]

DELITESBRITE

 

[Colin Phillips]

Don't think it works with a single word, there has to be a context.

Colin

 

[krizon]

Blulhsit!

 

[Ardross]

Bloolocks

 

[krizon]

Cbborels?

Neonsnse!

Risbbuh!

Graabge!

Clion, deos taht isullratte the pinot?

 

[Maurice]

Wjop of yiue slokiinj's sjigw im rhi fursts pclwe?

 

[Diminuendo]

Is that Femish?

 

[Ardross]

I rather like Pinot Noir that is, not that filthy Italian muck Pinot Grigio

 

[solerina]

It's a cunning plan to have us pay Merlin to translate .

 

[BrianH]

Is Femish a language that only women speak?

 

[Ardross]

Solerina :lol:

 

[Diminuendo]

Yes Brian..... :lol:

 

[krizon]

Shurely, Phlegmish?

 

[Ardross]

Catarrh you talking about

 

[Maurice]

Originally posted by krizon@Apr 13 2005, 12:36 AM
Shurely, Phlegmish?

No, it snot.

 

[Songsheet]

This is all gobshite .....

 

[Maurice]

Originally posted by Maurice@Apr 12 2005, 10:05 PM
Wjop of yiue slokiinj's sjigw im rhi fursts pclwe?

Just to disprove the boffins' theory...

It transcribes as What if your spelling's shite in the first place?

 

[krizon]

:lol: :lol:

Yer wee bugger! I've been noodling away with all kinds of permutations, figured the 'j' was just a red herring, and still couldn't manage to carck the cdoe! Yes, that WOULD make for a slight prob, wouldn't it?

 

[Arkle]

> Test your eyes
>
> ALZHEIMERS' EYE TEST
>
> Count every "F" in the following text:
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> FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
> SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
> FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
> THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...
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> (SEE BELOW)
> HOW MANY ?
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> 3 ?
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> 4 ?
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>
> WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.
> READ IT AGAIN !
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> The reasoning behind is further down.
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> The brain cannot process "OF".
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> Incredible or what? Go back and look again!!
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> Anyone who counts all 6 "F's" on the first go is a genius.
> Three is normal, four is quite rare.
>

 

[Maurice]

6 on the first attempt

 

[Shadow Leader]

I made it 4!!

 

[Songsheet]

6 first go!

That's because I remember this from a different example, though!

 

[Ardross]

Me too Julie !