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One more than one occasion we have imparted incomplete or erroneous information, purely by accident, of course. I find it surprising, however, that we are often able to make sense out of nonsense. Here is an good example.

Aoccdrnig to a resheearcr 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 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.

Turly Amzanig

Tpoys acn eb dipcereehd mazanigly wlle, qitue stanohiing, n'tsi ti? Nikcercrabeks to su lal!

I must be less dyksic.

In a Mensa Bulletin long ago, there was an article about Howard Chase (if I remember the name correctly - this was about 20 yrs ago!) and one of his books, Anguish Languish. Included in the article was the exerpted story, "Guilty Looks Enter Tree Beers", which started out like this (again, from 20-yr memory):

Wants pawn term, dare worsted ladle gull hoe hat search putty yowler coils debt pimple colder Guilty Looks. Guilty Looks lift wither murder inner ladle cordage saturated adder shirt dissidence firmer bag florist, any ladle gull orphan aster murder to letter gore entity florist oil buyer shelf.

"Guilty Looks!", crater murder angularly, "Hominy terms area garner asthma suture stoop id quiz chin? Goiter debt florist? Sordidly nut!"

"Wire nut?", wined Guilty Looks, hoe dint peony tension tore murder's scaldings.

"Cause dares lodge and wicket aminals inn debt florist debt orphan molasses pimple! Debt florist's mush toe dentures furry ladle gull."

I think that's the extent of memory right now. Reading the words aloud helps in the comprehension (it's tough the first time through).

My favorite line came later in the story: "Dingey nudist tree cheers."

Erratum: "... to letter ..." in the first paragraph should be "... toe letter ..."

I got an e-iaml lkee taht lsat mtonh, lkie Preet's, not Grya's

You heard about the agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac, who stayed up nights pondering the existence of a dog?

Personally, I adamantly endeavor to eschew obfuscation in linguistic intercourse.

Erratum #2: in the second paragraph, "..Goiter debt florist..." should be "...Goiter door florist...".

And no, I'm not reading from a copy - this is just self-correcting memory at work...

Has anyone here ever read the story "Charly"?

I had to read that once in high school.
As soon as I read the first posting here, that story quickly came to mind!!!

Robert, do you mean the book, or the original short story (on which the movie was based), "Flowers For Algernon"? I read the latter (it was in a paperback sci-fi anthology) before the movie was made, and I felt that the short story was a lot better than the movie.

Having read the short story, I see what you mean; uv cors, then we wud haf too en this lyk thu storie duz...

Charly/Flowers for Algernon was a good book. (Well, most of it.) It was very thought-provoking.

Gary, I red the orijinil shourt staury.
Butt I nevir saaw the moovy, yet.