Jerry, can you read this?

[Esther]

Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the
olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a
pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot
slpeling was ipmorantt! 

[GAJen]

Not Jerry but I read it fine.

[Esther]

I did too. Figured Jerry could read it because it is the way he spells.

[Jerry]

There is a big rug shop here calle "NW" rugs, my school teacher wife and I always see "NEW rugs"
Good one Esther!

[happyoutsidegirl]

So does that mean It's ok I'm so poor at spelling and typeing?

[karen J]

I have seen that several times over the past few years, and every time it gets me. It's really, really amazing! Is it really because of the first letter? Or (as I believe) is it because of the "proper" combination of letters? Edit- not the Proper combo of letters in the right sequence, only that all letters in a word are included in the word- not in the right sequence, but there (included). Hope that makes sense.
Could never figure that out!
Either way, I love it.

[happyoutsidegirl]

 

[Esther]

The first letter and the last are correct, with a few correct letters thrown in. Also I think that when we get the gist of the sentence, the other words come easily.