Plyanig Wtih Ltteers
This is a years-old internet classic. I thought of it again today, so I figured I'd be the eight millionth person to post it. OK, OK, so it's more like the 435,000th page to include the info, but who's counting (other than Google)?
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.
According to Snopes, the origins are undetermined, but this particular paragraph was popularized by languagehat.com's RDIAENG post, which also attempts to find the source with varying degrees of success.
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