# tihs is relaly wreid sutff **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260 "2003-09-12T18:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Svt4Him](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Svt4Him](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svt4Him)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/1 "2003-09-12T18:49:54Z")
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. Funod tihs on athoenr baord…vrey cool. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/2 "2003-09-12T18:52:04Z")
Some people on this board read _every_ letter. But I had no problem reading the OP. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/3 "2003-09-12T18:52:34Z")
Dman! Yur’oe rgtih! ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/4 "2003-09-12T18:53:46Z")
Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow OW OW OW OW OW. Brain sprain. ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/5 "2003-09-12T18:53:46Z")
I read that about as fast and easily as if I was reading properly written text. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![TaxGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@TaxGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaxGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/6 "2003-09-12T18:56:20Z")
> [@](#): > > iprmoetnt You misspelled “iprmoatnt” 😃 This _is_ pretty interesting; I think I read the OP only very slightly slower than I would have with all the letters in the right place. ---
**Author:** ![Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/7 "2003-09-12T18:56:20Z")
I think “without problem” is exaggerating, since I had to think a bit about it, but I was certainly able to read the OP. I think context is a big help, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/8 "2003-09-12T19:05:39Z")
:eek: Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/9 "2003-09-12T19:13:19Z")
After I read the OP, I looked again at the title of the post. Initially, I had only seen “wreid” as having been misspelled. I had to look carefully to comprehend that all words (save for one) in the title were spelled incorrectly. Amazingly odd. ---
**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 12, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/10 "2003-09-12T19:32:44Z")
That is very interesting. So, to combine this with what we’ve learned in the WHY CAN’T I WRITE LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME YOU FASCISTS thread, that would make consistently misspelled text easier to read than all-caps text? Fascinating. ---
**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 12, 2003, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/11 "2003-09-12T19:33:44Z")
This is very istnerenitg. Heevowr, some people do read letters squeallintney, rather than rozincege a block of letters in one psas. They may not do so well. I’m completely farglestabbeed. ---
**Author:** ![peritrochoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@peritrochoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peritrochoid)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/12 "2003-09-12T19:38:59Z")
Dammit! :smack: Only realized this upon looking back … I misspelled a misspelling … **rgtih=rgiht** And, like **Mikie** , _weird_ was the only word I first noticed as being misspelled in the title. This _is_ very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Chicago\_Faucet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chicago_faucet/32/13910_2.png) [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/13 "2003-09-12T19:43:57Z")
but you didn’t switch around “a” and “to”. Oh, wait. I wonder how many of the letters have to be in the correct order, or in the correct place holder (besides the first letter) in order to recognize the word. I, too, initially only saw the word “weird” as being spelled wrong. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/14 "2003-09-12T19:50:20Z")
And here I thought you were trying to type while wearing a catcher’s mitt or one of those giant “#1” foam fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Sunglasses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Sunglasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunglasses)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/15 "2003-09-12T19:54:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jpeg Jones \* > \*\*farglestabbeed. \*\* This is my new favorite word. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chattywine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@chattywine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chattywine)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/16 "2003-09-12T19:57:19Z")
Nateo! I only noticed the tihs. I wonder why everyone else caught the wreid. Interesting none the less. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/17 "2003-09-12T19:59:34Z")
Yaeh, I dind’t hvae any prolebms redaing tihs at all. ---
**Author:** ![Lizochka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lizochka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizochka)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/18 "2003-09-12T20:32:30Z")
**Jpeg Jones** , squeallintney is the only word in this thread I’ve had trouble with. At first pass, I thought, “Squeallikeapiggy, what??” ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/19 "2003-09-12T20:48:06Z")
Yeah, **Liz** , I don’t get that one either. Which brings up a good point. . .that we may only _recognize_ the words because we’re familiar enough with them that we know what they _should_ be? A more difficult, uncommon, or longer word would cause problems, as I would assume it would also if you didn’t learn to read the words the way they are supposed to be written in the first place. I certainly noticed more than one “typo” in the title, but the one that absolutely jumped out at me was “relaly.” ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tihs-is-relaly-wreid-sutff/201260/20 "2003-09-12T20:49:50Z")
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