Intel Processor History

BIRAN SCRAMLBER


Aoccdrnig to rscheear at an Elingsh 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 are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by isletf but the wrod as a wlohe and the biran fguiers it out

By Claire Donnelly


IT may look like gobbledygook but on closer inspection to the message above challenges the way we read and think about language.

This latest cult email to be sweeping the internet explains that even if the letters of a word are scrambled, the brain can make sense of it.

As long as the first and last letters of the word are in the right place, the message is still easy to understand for any reader.

Language experts say this is because we can recognise words from their shape alone.

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