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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread wrdos sepleld wonrg #196004 01/12/2011 1:25 PM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter addict bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth What is it called when you see a piece of text in which the words are deliberately misspelled but with the first and last letters the same and just the letters in the middle all jumbled up...you can still read it ok (unless you are little and can't read well or if English is your second language I suppose)...I occasionally get e-mails from friends of examples of this to see if I notice or not...I think the research was done by Cambridge University but I wondered if it has a name or works in other languages...This is a bit of the most recent e-mail I was sent... Aodccrnig to a rscheearch, 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. ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 15 milliseconds of farm bexter #196018 01/12/2011 2:21 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh I wrote a blog entry on it years ago (link). Got my server slashdotted and a reference in Snopes (link). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 15 milliseconds of farm zmjezhd #196022 01/12/2011 2:28 PM Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth bexter addict bexter addict Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 677 Middle Earth wow! Thanks...your blog piece was very interesting...had to stop myself from clicking on all the links because I don't really have hours to loll about on the web today maybe tomorrow... ----The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 15 milliseconds of farm zmjezhd #196056 01/13/2011 4:30 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Got my server slashdotted What does that mean, please? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 15 milliseconds of farm Jackie #196059 01/13/2011 4:51 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh What does that mean, please? Got my server (link) slashdotted (link). It means basically that the computer that served me email came to a crawling halt. It did not crash, but I knew something was up. Within a half hour or so somebody phoned me to say that I'd been mentioned by name and URL on Slashdot (link). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 15 milliseconds of farm zmjezhd #196198 01/15/2011 2:25 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters", features user-submitted and ‑evaluated current affairs news stories about science- and technology-related topics. Wow--congratulations! :-) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: 15 milliseconds of farm zmjezhd #196215 01/15/2011 4:48 AM Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Candy Pooh-Bah Candy Pooh-Bah Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,706 down under Originally Posted By: zmjezhd I wrote a blog entry on it years ago..... Been there and read most of that, including the links, thanks Z. Our brains are incredible. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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