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Reply #1 - 2009 May 04, 6:38 pm
Gingerninja Member
From: England Registered: 2008-08-06 Posts: 382

(shamelessly borrowed from another forum, i've read loads of these and i still find it amazing how the human mind works.)

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht
I was rdanieg. 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 i t 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!

I know a lot of Non English natives use this site who's english (in writing in least) is nativly fluent.  Wondering if you can make as clear sense of this as an english native.
and then considering, would a japanese word game like this even be possible ?

Reply #2 - 2009 May 04, 6:57 pm
Sleepyhead Member
From: Norway Registered: 2009-01-20 Posts: 35 Website

Gingerninja wrote:

I know a lot of Non English natives use this site who's english (in writing in least) is nativly fluent.  Wondering if you can make as clear sense of this as an english native.
and then considering, would a japanese word game like this even be possible ?

Somehow that text made sense... The only word I paused for a second at was pweor. It might also help that I've seen this kind of text before.
As for the Japanese version of this, I have no idea.

Reply #3 - 2009 May 04, 8:09 pm
sethg Member
From: m Registered: 2008-11-07 Posts: 505

I don't know if that 55/100 stat is true. I think I remember reading somewhere that the vast majority of native english speakers can read text, even when it's mangled like that.

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Reply #4 - 2009 May 04, 10:35 pm
zer0range Member
From: US Registered: 2009-03-18 Posts: 158

I would go so far as to say that every literate native could read that - some may take a bit longer, but...

Reply #5 - 2009 May 04, 10:45 pm
Nuriko Member
From: CA Registered: 2008-01-07 Posts: 603

The other 45 percent = internetless people with minds that weren't trained by reading typos?

Last edited by Nuriko (2009 May 04, 10:46 pm)

Reply #6 - 2009 May 04, 11:09 pm
Mcjon01 Member
From: 大阪 Registered: 2007-04-09 Posts: 551

Gingerninja wrote:

(shamelessly borrowed from another forum, i've read loads of these and i still find it amazing how the human mind works.)

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht
I was rdanieg. 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 i t 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!

I know a lot of Non English natives use this site who's english (in writing in least) is nativly fluent.  Wondering if you can make as clear sense of this as an english native.
and then considering, would a japanese word game like this even be possible ?

Half the people on the internet write like that. Of course they can read it.

Reply #7 - 2009 May 04, 11:11 pm
mafried Member
Registered: 2006-06-24 Posts: 766

@Mcjon01: LMAO

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