Good news for GrantDawg!

[Kodos]

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 at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

amzanig huh?

[GrantDawg]

What's more amazing? I understood every word!

[korme]

omg, i perfectly read that paragraph, cambridge could be on to something

[Fritz]

Originally posted by Kodos
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 at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

amzanig huh?

not a standard I want my doctor/pharmacy to sink to.

[QuikSand]

Someone ought to work on one of those translator websites that scrambles other sites in this way...

I, too, found the original posting very readable.

[FBPro]

I thought "talk like a pirate day" was Friday?

[TroyF]

Originally posted by Kodos
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 at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

amzanig huh?

You mean Cambridge has figured out what us speed readers have known all along? Amzanig.

TroyF

[cuervo72]

What if you don't parse paragraphs word by word, but instead by groups of words? I read it ok, but I had to go more word by word than I normally would.

[Philliesfan980]

Has anyone tried to complete a speed reading course. I've always wanted to try and apply myself to this. Seems like this research and speed reading are inter-related.

[Buzzbee]

Thtas prttey fckunig incrdelibe!

[Franklinnoble]

snapk my ass and clal me calhire...

[Godzilla Blitz]

I've heard that faster readers are often bad spellers, and this seems to fall in line with that.

It is amazing how easy it is to read that, though, isn't it?

[Buzzbee]

Originally posted by Godzilla Blitz
I've heard that faster readers are often bad spellers, and this seems to fall in line with that.

It is amazing how easy it is to read that, though, isn't it?

I'd never thought of it, but that seems to fit, at least in my case. I'm generally a pretty good speller, but read laboriously slow.

[GrantDawg]

Originally posted by Buzzbee
I'd never thought of it, but that seems to fit, at least in my case. I'm generally a pretty good speller, but read laboriously slow.

And I'm the opposite....

[korme]

I'm both.

I am God.

[ice4277]

Originally posted by Shorty3281
I'm both.

I am God.

Nah, you're probably just in a poorly funded school district.

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by GrantDawg
What's more amazing? I understood every word!

Wow, same here. Crazy...

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally posted by Fritz
not a standard I want my doctor/pharmacy to sink to.

I completely agree with that statement. Interestingly, I'm a very quick speed reader who took a course in speed reading in college to be more productive. I've always just scanned a line, and I read the above paragraph in approximately 2-3 seconds without any problems understanding any of the words. I think it is all about the context of words and sentence structure. I'm also a fairly quick typist and as a result I imagine I make quite a few grammatical and spelling errors on this board. When I'm writing in medical charts, I make sure I go back and re-read it so I don't make this careless mistakes. I do the same thing with prescriptions.

[tucker342]

I also understood every word.... I am a really fast reader but a terrible speller....

[Fonzie]

Wlecmoe bcak Kodos! Did you hvae a good honyeoomn?

[sony]

No wonder I can read my chicken scratch piece of shit handwriting in english 4 everyday.

[Kodos]

Originally posted by Fonzie
Wlecmoe bcak Kodos! Did you hvae a good honyeoomn?

Thanks, Fonzie. Yes, I had a great honeymoon in Maui. Too bad the Kodos family will be poor forever now...

[kcchief19]

That's a fascinating psychological discovery. Of course, I think it would be nicer if the folks at Cambridge found a way to solve the problem in the first place rather than endorsing the problem.

[Schmidty]

I aslo support Bush.

[TroyF]

Originally posted by Eaglesfan27
I completely agree with that statement. Interestingly, I'm a very quick speed reader who took a course in speed reading in college to be more productive. I've always just scanned a line, and I read the above paragraph in approximately 2-3 seconds without any problems understanding any of the words. I think it is all about the context of words and sentence structure. I'm also a fairly quick typist and as a result I imagine I make quite a few grammatical and spelling errors on this board. When I'm writing in medical charts, I make sure I go back and re-read it so I don't make this careless mistakes. I do the same thing with prescriptions.

I'm the same way. I read lightning fast. I'm a pretty bad speller. I never needed to take a speed reading course though. I've always just looked at each line as a picture and zipped through it. I had a teacher who didn't believe I could "hold" the information when I read that fast. She gave me a five page short story to read. (I read the five pages in 95 seconds) She then gave me 20 questions. I scored 19/20.

I really am surprised that nobody had figured this out earlier. I could have saved them a lot of money.

TroyF

[MikeVic]

If I understand the words, and the sentences are structured properly, I can read pretty fast... but when I come across words I don't understand, or bad sentence structure, I have to slow down soooo much.