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This quote was just posted to rec.arts.sf.composition (Citation: Message ID lm87mv821apu2it9egrhu2kvh6ddjvg7i2@4ax.com, posted by Wildepad):
"Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe."    -- Rowland Croucher

I am finding the apparent truth of that statement at least slightly disturbing.

Date: 2003-09-14 06:44 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] redbird
It works. It slowed me down a bit, but it works.

The brain is a marvelous pattern-matching organ.

Date: 2003-09-15 04:17 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] oldsma.livejournal.com
For better or worse.

MAO
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