LYNNE Schofield sent me the following, but don’t blame her for sloppy spelling. It’s like that for a reason. Are you ready? Then I’ll begin:
“I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdeanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid! Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?”
It really is incredible that the human mind adapts so quickly to ingest and translate a statement that, at first, appears to be nonsense. However, I think we should keep this phenomenon to ourselves.
If it were to become public knowledge, school students might adopt it as the norm.
Come to think of it, some already do. But what can you expect when everyone beneath a certain age uses abbreviations when texting.
Where will it end?
