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Aoccdrnig to a study at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

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According to a study at an English University, it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole.

Spelling and the letters in a word: What our brain does, while we are reading, is already amazingly, even if the statement of the freely invented study is generally wrong (although with a pellet of truth), according to the analysis of a scientist (Matt Davis, of the center for language, speech, and brain MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit - Cambridge University). There there is also the text in approximately 15 further languages.




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