Something amazing...

[Jotomicron]

I din't know where to put this, so I decided it would fit here.
I think everyone should be able to read it.
Read:

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.

Ptrtey amzanig huh?

Is this cool or what???

[Gower]

Wow thatsw cool! And i could indeed read without any problem? Does it work for other languages to i wonder? Je me dnaemde si sa mcrahe?

[gecko]

That is so freaky, I got an email with that thing like yesterday!
But yeah, definitely 'Ptrtey amzanig' !

Shall we post like that from now on in this BaO!?

[Jotomicron]

Gower, I think it works fine in other languages as I first saw something like this in my mother tongue (portuguese). And I can read that (french) sentence you wrote. So I think it proves it's possible to make it in other tongues...

[Marcus Baker]

Ahh, a language thread...Hehe, there are so many rules with the english lanugage. The whole point of a language (i think) is so you can get your points across to other ppl. Its very hard to express yourself without a language, you have no way of saying anything to others so you can try to get them to understand you. I dont know if there should be rules in the enlgish language. If you can understand the other person, then thats fine! IN Jototmicrons quote, you can still understand it. I dont think these rules of the first and last letter have to be in the right place should occur. If you can understand others, then its good. That is why The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is such a famous novel. It was the 1st novel that had bad grammer, but still you could udnerstand it. And Their Eyes were Watching GOD, by Zora Hurston, all the words are spelled as they sound. This is a very debatable topic, so im just putting my ideas here, feel free to disagree.

[Jotomicron]

Oh, be sure: if I really disagreed, I'd say it...

But I don't.
I think the languages are just soo ruled because we are humans, and humans tend to make rules for everything (just look at science: I don't mean it's bad - as a matter of fact, it great - but WHAT does science do? Just makes rules for everything in our Universe). That's just our nature...

[Marcus Baker]

Intresting point Joto Glad someone dosent disagree. We had a debate on this in school, hehe, there was so much fighting...language is a very complicated issue hehe..

[Ju-DedoH]

Oh, be sure: if I really disagreed, I'd say it...

But I don't.
I think the languages are just soo ruled because we are humans, and humans tend to make rules for everything (just look at science: I don't mean it's bad - as a matter of fact, it great - but WHAT does science do? Just makes rules for everything in our Universe). That's just our nature...

I disagree with you for both things
firstly if languages have rules, it is so that people understand themselves, if not, we'd be like cats and dogs only with more elaborate barks ...

also science discovers the rules of our universe and certainly doesn't make them (if that was, we would certainly be able to fly !) although I agree that it is our nature to try and find rules for everything, to try and explain

Je me dnaemde si sa mcrahe ?

it certainly does

[Meg Boyd]

wow taht is so aewosme...hee hee hee...actually the french did not work with me because my french is SO horrible, but the english worked...so yep, it is definetly an true trick of the mind just like...

Paris in the
the spring

did anyone catch what was wrong with that phrase??? Written correctly people's minds are tricked into reading the the phrase as they WISH it to be, not as they actually SEE it.

[azn wizard]

there are two "the"s?

[Liquid Ice]

Thats really weird, I got an email with that in yesterday, it was from one of my friends though..

[Broccoli]

That's so cool! I'll practise writing like that from now on.

Written correctly people's minds are tricked into reading the the phrase as they WISH it to be, not as they actually SEE it.

Ihat's true! At school when I proof-read my compositions or dictations I didn't notice the most stupid mistakes.

[Gower]

That's so cool! I'll practise writing like that from now on.

Written correctly people's minds are tricked into reading the the phrase as they WISH it to be, not as they actually SEE it.

Ihat's true! At school when I proof-read my compositions or dictations I didn't notice the most stupid mistakes.

Same here! I am absolutely hopeless at proof reading!

[Hermione]

I could read it, but I got a major headache from doing that . . . please let's not post like that at BaO!!!

[han lin]

wow
thats so utterly amazing
i like it

and i didn't get what was wronng with that sentance meg, i was just like ok paris in the spring. paris in the spring how is that wrong. you fooled me!!
big kudos to meg for foiling me!

wow
i am amazed by it all how our mind only reads bits and pieces WOW ok i am to overly amazed by this

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