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weird but true (General Discussion)
weird but true // General Discussion
Sep 12, 2003, 4:54pm
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't
mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at 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 it slef but the wrod as a
wlohe.
Sep 12, 2003, 4:55pm
.... that's weird. Great find! :)
-Joe
[View Quote]"tag sva" <morespam at spam.com> wrote in message
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> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't
> mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
> tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at 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 it slef but the wrod as a
> wlohe.
>
>
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Sep 12, 2003, 5:18pm
[View Quote]tag sva wrote:
> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't
> mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
> tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at 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 it slef but the wrod as a
> wlohe.
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Yeah, the human brain is able to recognize simple patterns quickly. Sotp
ptos form from bshanig.
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--Bowen--
http://bowen.homelinux.com/sys/
Yeah, it's that good.
(Maybe an AW section in the near future?)
Sep 12, 2003, 5:47pm
I have to disagree - what about you, Andras ?
[View Quote]tag sva wrote:
> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't
> mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
> tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at 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 it slef but the wrod as a
> wlohe.
>
>
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Sep 12, 2003, 5:50pm
LOL kinda screws up the idea of a spam filter hey? hmmm BB ponders some more code for using this phenomenon.
[View Quote]"tag sva" <morespam at spam.com> wrote in message news:3f62166b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't
> mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
> tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at 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 it slef but the wrod as a
> wlohe.
>
>
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Sep 12, 2003, 6:28pm
Wow, it mhgit jsut be ture.
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[View Quote]"tag sva" <morespam at spam.com> wrote in message
news:3f62166b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't
> mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
> tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at 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 it slef but the wrod as a
> wlohe.
>
>
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Sep 12, 2003, 6:31pm
Exactly! How else would we understand Carl, Jacob and certain other
characters.
Pattern recognition.
- Mark
[View Quote]"tag sva" <morespam at spam.com> wrote in message
news:3f62166b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't
> mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
> tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at 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 it slef but the wrod as a
> wlohe.
>
>
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Sep 12, 2003, 6:37pm
I think that university have done that test in local pubs in England. It
might have worked there.
:)
Tengel
[View Quote]"ananas" <ananas at oct31.de> wrote in message
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> I have to disagree - what about you, Andras ?
>
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> tag sva wrote:
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Sep 12, 2003, 6:38pm
I dnot vige a dman -:P
Sorry
~John
[View Quote]"tag sva" <morespam at spam.com> wrote in message
news:3f62166b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't
> mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
> tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at 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 it slef but the wrod as a
> wlohe.
>
>
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Sep 12, 2003, 6:50pm
hahahahaha, so true.
-Joe
[View Quote]"strike rapier" <strike at Rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Exactly! How else would we understand Carl, Jacob and certain other
> characters.
>
> Pattern recognition.
>
> - Mark
>
> "tag sva" <morespam at spam.com> wrote in message
> news:3f62166b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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Sep 12, 2003, 6:55pm
Hmmmm...I found that some things that I read (that made sense) flowed
easily, yet some didn't and were harder to decypher. For instance;
If uyo drae sith ubledjm, it isn't oto rahd to phdecier.
However,
Wot ktorces xginmi lamsani thiw fepecofots rae oto ndik iwth keosm.
See what I mean?
I think it has to do with anticipation?
Sep 12, 2003, 6:57pm
Course... they did a study on the BBC with everyone ringing in... We
recognise information and patters based on letters, words, lines and even
paragraphs.
- Mark
[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
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> Hmmmm...I found that some things that I read (that made sense) flowed
> easily, yet some didn't and were harder to decypher. For instance;
>
> If uyo drae sith ubledjm, it isn't oto rahd to phdecier.
>
> However,
>
> Wot ktorces xginmi lamsani thiw fepecofots rae oto ndik iwth keosm.
>
> See what I mean?
> I think it has to do with anticipation?
>
>
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Sep 12, 2003, 7:01pm
[View Quote]strike rapier wrote:
> Course... they did a study on the BBC with everyone ringing in... We
> recognise information and patters based on letters, words, lines and even
> paragraphs.
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Yes, and the reason why the original post worked well is because it
started and ended with the same letters the normal word would've.
Jumbling the letters often leads to not being able to get it (Without a
pattern).
--
--Bowen--
http://bowen.homelinux.com/sys/
Yeah, it's that good.
(Maybe an AW section in the near future?)
Sep 12, 2003, 7:22pm
He said to change the letters between the first and last letter of each
word. It looks like you have changed the first and last letters of each word
too. I was half way throught the original post before I realized he did
that. It worked for me :)
Imagine
[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:3f6232cd$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hmmmm...I found that some things that I read (that made sense) flowed
> easily, yet some didn't and were harder to decypher. For instance;
>
> If uyo drae sith ubledjm, it isn't oto rahd to phdecier.
>
> However,
>
> Wot ktorces xginmi lamsani thiw fepecofots rae oto ndik iwth keosm.
>
> See what I mean?
> I think it has to do with anticipation?
>
>
>
>
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Sep 12, 2003, 7:40pm
Very cool find, I understood every word in your post. I think I could
probably understand every word in the English language, as long as the first
and last letters were in place.
Sep 12, 2003, 9:12pm
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> I have to disagree - what about you, Andras ?
>
>
>
Well,,,, English is so redundant :)
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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)
Sep 12, 2003, 9:15pm
LOL I knew that was coming!
> Exactly! How else would we understand Carl, Jacob and certain other
> characters.
>
> Pattern recognition.
>
Sep 12, 2003, 9:31pm
I was able to read that text withouth trouble, but english is not a very
logical language, so I guess that helps.
Just think of the way one pronaunce "ghoti"
Drac
ananas <ananas at oct31.de> kirjoitti
viestissä:3f6222e9$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> I have to disagree - what about you, Andras ?
>
>
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Sep 12, 2003, 11:25pm
nice one, lol
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[View Quote]"strike rapier" <strike at Rapiercom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3f622d30 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Exactly! How else would we understand Carl, Jacob and certain other
> characters.
>
> Pattern recognition.
>
> - Mark
>
> "tag sva" <morespam at spam.com> wrote in message
> news:3f62166b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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Sep 12, 2003, 11:26pm
No, but it does have to do with the fact that if you scramble similar words
your brain can't tell the difference.
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[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:3f6232cd$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hmmmm...I found that some things that I read (that made sense) flowed
> easily, yet some didn't and were harder to decypher. For instance;
>
> If uyo drae sith ubledjm, it isn't oto rahd to phdecier.
>
> However,
>
> Wot ktorces xginmi lamsani thiw fepecofots rae oto ndik iwth keosm.
>
> See what I mean?
> I think it has to do with anticipation?
>
>
>
>
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Sep 13, 2003, 12:47am
i think yall are getting it wrong, the first and last letter have to be in
place, the middle letters are the ones to mix.
[View Quote]"alphabit phalpha" <alphabit at swbell.net> wrote in message
news:3f6232cd$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
> Hmmmm...I found that some things that I read (that made sense) flowed
> easily, yet some didn't and were harder to decypher. For instance;
>
> If uyo drae sith ubledjm, it isn't oto rahd to phdecier.
>
> However,
>
> Wot ktorces xginmi lamsani thiw fepecofots rae oto ndik iwth keosm.
>
> See what I mean?
> I think it has to do with anticipation?
>
>
>
>
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Sep 13, 2003, 8:41am
But, when the words get long enough, you need to have the letters in the
right order
Sep 13, 2003, 9:36am
I see your point but maybe not in the exact right order. I think as long as
each syllable starts with its correct letter it wouldn't be ahrd to see:
"Msianthorpsit" says "Misanthropist" which isn't a common word, but that
word would be much more read-able in a sentence where you knew the context
of it. I also think sets of letters that makes sounds like "th.." help if
they are left unjumbles.
[View Quote]"ferruccio" <startrek3 at earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> But, when the words get long enough, you need to have the letters in the
> right order
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Sep 13, 2003, 7:59pm
that's because the basic position of each letter did not change. if you
completely scrambled the middle part, then you wouldn't be able to
understand it at all
Sep 13, 2003, 9:52pm
ok, thats because this only works with words the mind is fimiliar with.
-SWE
[View Quote]"stecloud" <stecloudwork at yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I see your point but maybe not in the exact right order. I think as long
as
> each syllable starts with its correct letter it wouldn't be ahrd to see:
>
> "Msianthorpsit" says "Misanthropist" which isn't a common word, but that
> word would be much more read-able in a sentence where you knew the context
> of it. I also think sets of letters that makes sounds like "th.." help if
> they are left unjumbles.
>
>
> "ferruccio" <startrek3 at earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:3f62f44e$2 at server1.Activeworlds.com...
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