> "Douglas" cox.net> wrote in message
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>> "Albe to raed tihs?
>> I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. But
>> tahts the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at
>> Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a
>> wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in
>> the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it
>> whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
>> lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? Yaeh, and I awlyas
>> tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs, forwrad it to yuor
>> feridns."

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> In this example, in addition to the first and last letters being in the
> right place, there can be only very few extraneous letters added or
> necessary letters taken away. It works best when all the letters of a word
> and only the letters of that word are present, albeit in random order.
>
> Consider this one, from poet Jack Prelutsky:
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> I thguoht d'I etirw ekil siht yadot
> esuaceb ti demees ekil nuf.
> ev'I tog on rehto nosaer,
> tub I ylerus t'nod deen eno.
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> tI ylbaborp sesufnoc uoy
> eht tsrif emit taht uoy ees
> eht sdrow lla nettirw sdrswkcab...
> ti osla delzzup em.
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> tuB won ev'I nettog desu ot ti,
> dna yserus os evah uoy,
> dna ev'I a llams noicipsus
> taht uoy tsuj thgim yrt ti oot.
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> Here the letters, including the first and last, are incorrectly placed but
> the pattern of the placement of the letters is predictably opposite to the
> correct one.