We Can Tpye Lkie Tihs On Puspore Now

MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">!!!!</div> Taken from a thread in another forum by Payback :



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 porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    Well, English is not my native language but I still read that totally smoothly... Not saying that I agree with typing like this... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Spyder_MonkeySpyder_Monkey Vampire-Ninja-Monkey Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 8Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    Holy god... I didn't even miss a beat on that poorly-written phrase. That's kinda cool.
  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    waoh.... taht is cool eonguh to be wried
  • Hida_TsuzuaHida_Tsuzua Lamarck&#39;s Heir Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 79Members, NS1 Playtester
    That's the scarely part Spyder Monkey. Interesting idea and I wonder how it fits with the universal grammer theory?
  • VenmochVenmoch Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1093Members
    Hmmm Gotta try this.....

    Hloy Carp On A Stikc

    I don't think it works for me....
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Spyder Monkey+Sep 12 2003, 03:38 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spyder Monkey @ Sep 12 2003, 03:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Holy god... I didn't even miss a beat on that poorly-written phrase. That's kinda cool. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Rlaely? Tehn let me jsut mses up tihs scnatene and wl'el see if it's sitll raadeble.

    Cool.

    Waht auobt if I dletelbieray use big wdros like eieiastxnsl (and dlrtiebeae)? Is taht stlil lleibge?

    *Translation* Really? Then let me just mess up this sentance and we'll see if it's still readable

    What about if I deliberatly use big words like existensial (and deliberate)? Is that still legible?

    Hmm, it doesn't work so well with big words.
  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    that's just freaky...

    I had a little trouble with sentance and deliberate, although i picked up existensial no problem.

    wreid...
  • NessNess Join Date: 2002-12-17 Member: 10935Members, Reinforced - Onos
    Hohoho, good. We should all type like that, and we'd see less gigantic words that mean the exact same thing as a 4 letter word. Ohnos, people might actually have to be intelligent to be considered so now, instead of keeping a vocab book handy.
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--DOOManiac+Sep 12 2003, 03:50 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DOOManiac @ Sep 12 2003, 03:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> that's just freaky...

    I had a little trouble with sentance and deliberate, although i picked up existensial no problem.

    wreid... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ieednd. Vyre fyekar.

    Waht atuob if i use a RAYLLE big wrod lkie Pstrmveuonaaicrosociulciiciomoocnnllesops?

    <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

    O.k, that's just an anagram now, and you can probably guess the word just from the number of letters.
  • BlackMageBlackMage [citation needed] Join Date: 2003-06-18 Member: 17474Members, Constellation
    edited September 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--MrMojo+Sep 12 2003, 03:35 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MrMojo @ Sep 12 2003, 03:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Taken from a thread in another forum by Payback :



    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 porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    oh my god i can actautlyy raed taht mess

    hey ... carp on a sctik is my prahse
  • dr_ddr_d Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14979Members
    edited September 2003
    ev'I syawla neeb elba ot daer dna kaeps sdrawkcab, si taht driew?
  • JezpuhJezpuh Join Date: 2003-04-03 Member: 15157Banned
    Hloy Sith, Smoemoe mkea a tnarslarot fro tshi sutff nwo!!
  • dr_ddr_d Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14979Members
    edited September 2003
    hum de hum, nothing to see here.
  • Spyder_MonkeySpyder_Monkey Vampire-Ninja-Monkey Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 8Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin--Nil_IQ+Sep 12 2003, 11:45 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nil_IQ @ Sep 12 2003, 11:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Spyder Monkey+Sep 12 2003, 03:38 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Spyder Monkey @ Sep 12 2003, 03:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Holy god... I didn't even miss a beat on that poorly-written phrase. That's kinda cool. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Rlaely? Tehn let me jsut mses up tihs scnatene and wl'el see if it's sitll raadeble.

    Cool.

    Waht auobt if I dletelbieray use big wdros like eieiastxnsl (and dlrtiebeae)? Is taht stlil lleibge?

    *Translation* Really? Then let me just mess up this sentance and we'll see if it's still readable

    What about if I deliberatly use big words like existensial (and deliberate)? Is that still legible?

    Hmm, it doesn't work so well with big words. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    The larger words in your sentence were harder to pick up on because they weren't linear with the sentence. Once you get the first few words out of the way and realize where the sentence is heading, it's relatively easy to pick up on everything.
  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--dr.d+Sep 12 2003, 04:07 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (dr.d @ Sep 12 2003, 04:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ev'I syawla neeb elba ot daer dna kaeps sdrawkcab, si taht driew? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    dr.d and JezPuh, you're doing it wrong!

    The first and last letter MUST REMAIN IN PLACE. Otherwise it's just an anagram.

    Anyway, have fun. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • lady_lazaruslady_lazarus Join Date: 2003-06-02 Member: 16947Members
    you're giving me a headache!
  • p4Samwisep4Samwise Join Date: 2002-12-15 Member: 10831Members
    Nothing to do with universal grammar. It's an example of top-down gestalt pattern recognition. If you didn't already know all of those words, they wouldn't make any sense to you - your brain just picks up on them because it's matching the general pattern of the word against every other word that you already know.
  • dr_ddr_d Join Date: 2003-03-28 Member: 14979Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Nil_IQ+Sep 12 2003, 04:35 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nil_IQ @ Sep 12 2003, 04:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--dr.d+Sep 12 2003, 04:07 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (dr.d @ Sep 12 2003, 04:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> ev'I syawla neeb elba ot daer dna kaeps sdrawkcab, si taht driew? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    dr.d and JezPuh, you're doing it wrong!

    The first and last letter MUST REMAIN IN PLACE. Otherwise it's just an anagram.

    Anyway, have fun. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    umm being that the sentance said I've always been able to read and speak backwards, is that weird? And it was written backwards........
  • MelatoninMelatonin Babbler Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14551Members, Constellation
    yay... that rocks! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
    interesting!
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    OMG, hlaf of you popel dni'nt lstein to him. He siad taht it has to hvae the frsit and lsat lteter in pacle.
  • JefeJefe Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15734Members, Constellation
    Oh my god, that is freaking cool...

    I can raed it all!
  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    Inst tihs wreid?

    Now the 13-year olds that type can either be geniuses or idiots. GG, Mojo. GFG.
  • GrimmGrimm Join Date: 2003-04-13 Member: 15448Members
    We might not want to let this new way of typing get out of hand, it might make it easier to dodge the swear filter... <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • Opt1musOpt1mus Join Date: 2003-06-02 Member: 16929Members
    it's more to do with context, like samwise said, it's matching the word's position and format and comparing them against other words of a sentence. We know how a sentence is structured so we can make a fair guess about the types of words being used in any one spot. Now take a word totally off topic and having nothing to do with anything i just said:

    <b>cactsaruen</b>

    not that easy, is it? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • JefeJefe Join Date: 2003-04-21 Member: 15734Members, Constellation
    Yep, that's pretty much right. We're used to taking things out of context and are thus able to anticipate what the sentence will be.
  • ZiGGYZiGGY Join Date: 2003-01-19 Member: 12479Members
    it was cambridge unirversity btw, id give you more info but then my post would have been useful.
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Well, to make a long point short, in response to the title: Yes, but please don't.
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    edited September 2003
    I don't think this would work for some languages though. My example will have to be in german (since beside Russian, which I don't think this forum supports cyrillic (and I'm not that great at it).


    Many verbs and nouns in german start and end the same. Granted a native german speaker might have an easier time at it.

    Gebirge
    Gebäude
    Gedanke
    Geselle
    Gerede
    Gerste
    Genüge
    Geranie
    Gerte
    Gefälle
    Gedärme

    Not to mention most words that start with Ge- end in an e as plural.
    Let's break out the verbs:

    (chose the cool ver- words because they're inseperable prefixes)

    vertun
    vertreten
    verunglücken
    verurteilen
    vervielfältigen
    verteuern
    vertreiben
    verübeln
    verwalten
    vervielfachen
    verüben

    Just for the heck of it, I'll write a sentance in german like this:

    Vleiichelt dnkee ich. dsas die dcherrueidanne Wrtröe smtum snid, aebr auf Egcilsnh aeetibrt es borenodss gut.


    Vielleicht denke ich, dass die durcheinandere Wörter stumm sind, aber auf Englisch arbeitet es besonders gut.

    Knowing what I wrote, except durcheinandere it's somewhat legible, but if you used a common inseperable prefix, like ver-, er- or emp- , the sentance would be harder to know, because they can be interchangable to form meaningful sentances. I guess the fact that most of the words are 1-4 letters helps too.

    Someone that feels like writing out a complex sentance out and I'll see if I can decipher it <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->



    Listening to: Radio Song, by REM
    ...because I'm weird
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--UltimaGecko+Sep 13 2003, 06:56 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Sep 13 2003, 06:56 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Listening to: Radio Song, by REM
    ...because I'm weird <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    REM doesn't make you weird, it makes you cool! I'm going to see them in 2 weeks at Jones Beach in NYC! Viva REM!

    ~the world is collapsing around our ears, I turned up the radio, but I can't hear it...

    ok that was wayyy off topic, so I'll add that this really is the coolest thing I've read in a while. I told everyone I know about it, and they're all like, OMG, and put it in their blogs and such. Yes, GG indeed.
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