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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4 Re: Try radenig tihs #112133 09/16/03 11:59 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia P paulb OP addict OP paulb addict P Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 460 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia <Were there any links provided for some background on this phenomenon?> No, AnnaStrophic, just the letter to the editor, and today's paper had no followup. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Try radenig tihs #112134 09/16/03 07:40 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky bshlulit! Oh, that one I had no trouble with; and the very same back to you, sir! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Try radenig tihs #112135 09/17/03 12:13 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Here's the conversation going on at Dave Wilton's wordorigins.com board (where, incidentally, the university in question is labeled as Cmabrigde ): http://pub122.ezboard.com/fwordoriginsorgfrm1.showMessage?topicID=7765.topic Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Try radenig tihs #112136 09/17/03 12:44 AM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA J JohnHawaii member JohnHawaii member J Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA aoprmpmhohripoc hlutanlicae eahepnlt cmsiounmt gaunalldr These all unscramble except the first one. Was that a test? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Try radenig tihs #112137 09/17/03 02:29 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Egh-hem: http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Try radenig tihs #112138 09/17/03 10:57 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 snopes A self-fulfilling urban legend? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Thanks, Bingley #112139 09/17/03 11:36 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York I'd been checking snopes daily on this, mah own sef. Let us await developments. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Thanks, Bingley #112140 09/17/03 04:56 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Here's a ninteresting if somewhat lengthy discussion. Warning: Takes some time to load even with a T-1 line. http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/28301#553630 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Try radenig tihs #112141 09/17/03 05:56 PM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague B bonzaialsatian enthusiast bonzaialsatian enthusiast B Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague >Was that a test? Oh, no I was just wondering whether longer, out of context words unscrambled - I find the fourth one harder - I keep reading cosmonaut. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Try radenig tihs #112142 09/17/03 09:43 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 B belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 I had no trouble at all reading the letter either - but I do agree that if the words were longer it would be a tad more difficult without context. Just like you can often figure out what a word means by the sentence/paragraph around it, you can usually figure out a mixed up word the same way. This brings up related thing though... When it's really really late, and I'm trying to finish up a book that seems to drag out the end I have been know to skip over entire words, sometimes sentences, and still know what's going on. Do you think this is the brain working in the same way as understanding jumbled words? 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