# amzanig?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amzanig/203622>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 24, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amzanig/203622 "2003-09-24T20:03:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![heimarkj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c2a13f/32.png) [@heimarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heimarkj)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amzanig/203622/1 "2003-09-24T20:03:54Z")

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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t  
mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny  
iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the  
rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.  
amzanig huh?

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amzanig/203622/2 "2003-09-24T20:51:56Z")

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Amzanig? Not any mroe.

[screw the spellcheck!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=212365&highlight=amzanig)  
[Tihs is amzanig!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=211988&highlight=amzanig)  
[Tihs is ralely aewosme!!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=211907&highlight=amzanig)

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**Author:** ![heimarkj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c2a13f/32.png) [@heimarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heimarkj)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amzanig/203622/3 "2003-09-24T20:54:37Z")

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doh!, my bad

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amzanig/203622/4 "2003-09-24T21:05:12Z")

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Thank goodness I’ve never gotten that particular email.