You this read wrong.

[Nanaboostme]

Did you? Be honest

[fizzbob]

yes i did

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

[Deleted]

I read it correctly, sadly because it's written in fail.

[Boathouse]

yes i did

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

As he said, words being jumbled doesn't read the same as letters being jumbled. I read it correctly, the title that is, and when I glanced at what I quoted, I read about half through it before realizing what the hell was happening.

[Powerogue]

I read it as "You read this wrong" a good twice before I noticed the error. d'oh >.<

[fizzbob]

As he said, words being jumbled doesn't read the same as letters being jumbled. I read it correctly, the title that is, and when I glanced at what I quoted, I read about half through it before realizing what the hell was happening.

unless you're a slow reader you skim over most of the WORDS too. same thing here. you see a group of words and your brain arranges them into a logical combination based on what you've seen before

the trick to speed reading is to train yourself to ignore the words in a book that really don't help tell the story. it's like mentally going through with a highlighter and picking out what matters while you read.

his title was the same

you

read

wrong

that's all your brain needs

[anveena]

I saw "you read this wrong"

[Deleted]

I was hoping for some big statement asking us to look for mistakes or whatever, didn't realise the title was the mistake.

[Garretdejiko]

Spurdo spardo

[Wass]

I think the options are a bit vague...

I read it as "You this read wrong", but if I vote correctly it means I did indeed read this wrong, but if I vote incorrectly means "I this read wrong."

You get my idea?

[Armond]

I misread the title once as I was skimming the new forum posts, then when I noticed the thread looked interesting I noticed the mistake.

[ravenshaelo]

I read it as "You read this wrong". On the second pass, I saw the correct order of "You this read wrong".
On a related note, there's a sign in one of the malls I sometimes go to that says "Shoplifters will be prosecuted". For some reason I ALWAYS read it as "Prosecutors will be shoplifted" on first glance. I don't know why.

[marixis]

I read it as "You read this wrong" a good twice before I noticed the error. d'oh >.<

Same here. Only after reading the Cambridge University paragraph did I realize what it was

[chemicader]

Spurdo spardo

/facepalm.. please dont spread that here.
It is true your mind "corrects" a text for you if it is written wrong.

[Mifuyne]

I read it as "You read this wrong" a good twice before I noticed the error. d'oh >.<

^ D:
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[Deleted]

yes i did

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a tatol mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

Aocicrdng to rarceehcsh at Crmbadgie usivrteiny, it dnsoe't mtetar waht odrer teh ltetres in a wrod are.... etc etc etc

See how more difficult it gets the more you jumble around the letters? Plus the above paragraph uses too many small words. Yes, your brain can reconstruct sentences following logical patterns but to an extent. If I take a random paragraph from a book, you have NO context of what you are reading and randomize the letters, you will NOT understand anything. The whole "Cambridge research" is just an urban legend as far as I am aware.

[Wass]

Nvm I get it now. Nvm my previous statement.

[Needalight]

Yeah, I tend to read fast, so I this read wrong.

[Nanaboostme]

I think the options are a bit vague...

I read it as "You this read wrong", but if I vote correctly it means I did indeed read this wrong, but if I vote incorrectly means "I this read wrong."

You get my idea?

Lol yea i realized that, oops.

[Stormcall]

unless you're a slow reader you skim over most of the WORDS too. same thing here. you see a group of words and your brain arranges them into a logical combination based on what you've seen before

I'm one of the fastest readers I know, and the first thing I thought when I read the header was "is he trying to be funny or what?".