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Posted by Boudicca_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdenieg. The phaonemneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aodccrnig to rscheearch at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dnsoe't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the hmuan mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azmanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuoht slpeling was ipmorantt!

Form now on my slpeilng is gniog to be acuitrtoos.
Posted by Doctor Lucid_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
This has come up before on iamca. beagoad leapt for joy. I think we came up with some exceptions to probe the rule.