Word Wise

[trickykitty]

I've seen this many times, but still get a kick out of it whenever I see it. I'd like to actually figure the thing out from a cognitive standpoint, but that is a task very low on my list of to-do items.

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde 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 be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total 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.

Here's a quiz. Take the word "ghoti". This word represents a common word in the English language and can be phonetically pronounced. What is it and why?

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Yeah I never get tired of seeing that

[disgruntledgrrl.livejournal.com]

I heard you can even read it faster than normal script.

Say, have you ever read anything by Masamune Shirow?

[surreptitious.livejournal.com]

I always liked that quiz. Of course, I think I have an advantage, being mildly dyslexic.

*giggle*

As for that other word...is it gaudy? I'm just guessing.

[smokedamage.livejournal.com]

i can read that simple because Pmac has typed like that since i've known him.

i wonder if it would work if you wrote it like that, as opposed to typed, because i have a suspicion that it is a visual thing only, and only because we are so used to reading the typed word.

[isotripy.livejournal.com]

fish!
gh - enough
o - women plural
ti - gumpTIon!
wo ho those cog sci lectures actually came in handy for something :)

Fish

[40hex.livejournal.com]

Google totally ruins questions like this.

[bezique.livejournal.com]

http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/personal/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/