THE PAOMNNEHAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch 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. Amzanig huh?
Alistair Potts has kindly pointed out that the shape of the word
in addition to the first and last letter is also important. In other
words, the letters that extend up or down should not be too far from the
original position. For example, "sflngnctiiiay" is harder to read than
"singifcintaly".
