# Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy..

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 16, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acocdrnig-to-an-elgnsih-unviesitry-sutdy/202012 "2003-09-16T21:23:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acocdrnig-to-an-elgnsih-unviesitry-sutdy/202012/1 "2003-09-16T21:23:03Z")

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I got the following email today:

(Read the following paragraph very quickly)

Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy the oredr of letetrs in a wrod dosen’t mttaer, the olny thnig thta’s iopmrantt is that the frsit and lsat ltteer of eevry word is in the crcreot ptoision. The rset can be jmbueld and one is stlil able to raed the txet wiohtut dclftfuiiy.

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**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acocdrnig-to-an-elgnsih-unviesitry-sutdy/202012/2 "2003-09-16T21:30:44Z")

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[Snopes adedd tihs taody](http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp).

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**Author:** ![Daizy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@Daizy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daizy)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acocdrnig-to-an-elgnsih-unviesitry-sutdy/202012/3 "2003-09-16T21:32:09Z")

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[rlaely?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210913) 😛

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acocdrnig-to-an-elgnsih-unviesitry-sutdy/202012/4 "2003-09-16T22:39:44Z")

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blockols

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**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acocdrnig-to-an-elgnsih-unviesitry-sutdy/202012/5 "2003-09-16T22:52:05Z")

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This thread has been farglestabbed by the farglest…

Oh, never mind.

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acocdrnig-to-an-elgnsih-unviesitry-sutdy/202012/6 "2003-09-16T22:57:46Z")

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Hmm, the only word that took a few seconds to get was important.  
I suppose those of us who have done loads of jumbles have a better shot though.