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Re: Readability of scrambled text

From:Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Date:Wednesday, September 17, 2003, 1:02
--- Nokta Kanto <red5_2@...> wrote:

> "Aoccdrnig to rsereach at an Elingsh > uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht > oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny
> Any suggestions?
It suggests to me that English is logographic (?); that is, there is a "symbol" that looks something like _letter_ or _ltteer_ or _lettr_ or whatever which means 'an alphabetic symbol'. It also demonstrates that we read English in blocks or phrases, not words and letters. Padraic. ===== - Per la cista ciwtate, et-z-el pays amb la, et per y chascyn encoleuwack; et per el nusteor Basele; et per el nusteor Teruin GERONTIO; et per y Senat la nusteor nacièn; et per y legiun Roman; et per l' armaza navea; et per l' armaza aerea; et per y thot ke sirviont al nusteor nacièn - A Ddon ten mezer! -- Come visit The World! -- <http://www.geocities.com/hawessos/> .