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Anyone remember that thing where your brain can still read misspelled words?

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crimsontiger5 crimsontiger5 NewcomerOP
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joined Feb 2011
#1 ·
You know that thing where you can read a word even if the letters are all scrambled, as long as the first and last ones stay put? I've seen those posts all over the internet and Facebook, but now I can't seem to find them through Google for the life of me. Anyone help me out?
Taylor Gray5 Taylor Gray5 Member
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joined Jul 2020
#2 ·
http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2003/09/14...ng-of-let.html

Go ahead, try to find Typoglycemia.
Jerry Peterson3 Jerry Peterson3 Newcomer
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joined Feb 2012
#3 ·
It almost feels like my brain is playing tricks on me when I try to read certain words. You find yourself shouting at the sheer stubbornness of the human mind, getting frustrated by those pesky little typos that somehow don't matter because, in the end, the letters are all still right where they belong.

The words could be in a total mess, yet despite how chaotic it looks, you can still read them without breaking a sweat. Why is that? It’s because our brains don't actually process every single letter individually; instead, we perceive entire patterns as complete units. This little mental quirk is known as Typoglycemia.

I wonder, though—who else still finds themselves obsessed with perfect grammar and spelling?
rustymason92 rustymason92 Member
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joined May 2012
#4 ·
Jerry Peterson3 said:vanzhi

My brain has completely stalled out here; I somehow managed to type an extra letter. How embarrassing. 😁
Jerry Peterson3 Jerry Peterson3 Newcomer
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joined Feb 2012
#5 ·
rustymason92 said:I think my brain just short-circuited right there; I managed to slip an extra letter in, which is honestly a bit embarrassing, isn't it? 😁

haha... I didn't actually write that part myself... it was just a quick copy-paste job 😁

so, really, one little typo in a two-hundred-word stretch isn't such a huge deal, is it? 🤣

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