# Tihs is ralely aewosme!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-ralely-aewosme/202224 "2003-09-17T21:35:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hayleyavon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@hayleyavon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hayleyavon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-ralely-aewosme/202224/1 "2003-09-17T21:35:19Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-ralely-aewosme/202224/2 "2003-09-17T21:54:31Z")
I understood that completely. I also drink pretty heavily. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-ralely-aewosme/202224/3 "2003-09-17T21:58:04Z")
[Pssst…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210913) ---
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-ralely-aewosme/202224/4 "2003-09-17T22:01:30Z")
Wojw! Wjaht ijf I djo tjhe smaje tijhng oljny ajdd a “j” itnjo thje mdjilde ojf ecjah wjrod? Cajn yjou slitjl rajed ijt? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-ralely-aewosme/202224/5 "2003-09-17T22:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jimmy Chitwood \* > \*\*[Pssst…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210913) \*\* Surely you mean [Tsssp…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210913) ? ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-ralely-aewosme/202224/6 "2003-09-17T22:07:07Z")
I’ll get me coat… ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-ralely-aewosme/202224/7 "2003-09-17T22:07:44Z")
So is ‘[tihs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210913).’ The duplication wouldn’t get me that much except that everybody has to c+p that same damn paragraph. Even that wouldn’t get on my nerves so much except for the stupid misspelling in the first sentence that I notice anew each and every time. On preview **Jimmy** got here first but oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-ralely-aewosme/202224/8 "2003-09-17T22:20:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > **The duplication wouldn’t get me that much except that everybody has to c+p that same damn paragraph. Even that wouldn’t get on my nerves so much except for the stupid misspelling in the first sentence that I notice anew each and every time.** Well, that and the fact that it [ISN’T TRUE](http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/cambridge.asp). > [@](#): > > This item isn’t known to have been prompted by a recent study at Cambridge University (or anywhere else).