January 6th – Twelfth Night…..the last day of Christmastime. Are your decorations down – mine are (now) and most are packed away…..I’m not looking for bad luck by leaving them up.
On another note, many might be but I’m not yet in New Year ‘back to work mode’ – we’re still in the confusing ‘what day is it’ mode, even more so because it’s been very Hot Hot (heatwave warning) Hot outside .
and yet it was down to 8° ( hwb needed for my toes) just the other night so here’s something else possibly just as confusing for some to ponder on.
It’s not new, has been around for ages and I think may have seen by many of you before – yet it still makes me smile each time I see it.
Amusing fact #1
Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in what
oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny
iprmoetnt tihng is that the fristn and lsat
ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be
a ttoal mses and you can still raed it
wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the
huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by
istlef, but the word as a wlohe.
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Are you able to read it – and did you understand what it said?
https://www.dictionary.com/e/typoglycemia
https://www.twinword.com/blog/can-you-raed-tihs-sntenece/
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Still Waters 
Not a problem!
I just wonder…does it depend in any way on how you were taught to read?
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the taking down of Christmas has paused. I think the new expected time will be tomorrow. No rush I too am on what day is it mode. I’m retired lol
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No problems reading this – even in a foreign language. I remember reading it for the first time years ago, and not noticing that the words were scrambled until I had read almost all of it.
I think it does indeed depend on how you learned to read … or more precicesly how you read now. Bear with me – a language and reading nerd – trying to explain in English (I’m Danish) things I cannot find the rigth words for … bugger!
I read, using the fast “Whole word” method – meaning that I do not read the words letter by letters, but as blocks of text – The name of the hero in a book for instance, I can’t remember if you ask me, but mostly I can tell you the first letter 😉 It’s just a symbol of “our hero”. This method lets you read the scrambled text in near normal speed.
But if you read using the letter-by-letter (phonetic?) reading method this kind of scramble will slow you down very much. Most grown-ups do not use this any longer regardless of how they were taught – only for unnknown words (Oh the joys of using an alphabet). This is also what the text tells us.
And strangely I see typos in a normal text very clearly. I need a professor in reading, I think to answer all my questions now.
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It was easy to read for me.
There is a strong cold wind blowing here this Monday morning.
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Still hot in Lakes. I hope the change comes through soon. I find the whole of January a bit of a loss. Maybe it’s seeing kids in school uniform telling me it must be a weekday!
I could read that without any issue but I can also read mirror writing with ease.
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6th January here is a public holiday, big celebration. We will have the Blessing of the Waters. I think Greeks do it in Australia too. I’m sure!
Our Xmas tree is all that’s left. Hopefully it will disappear today. But not our twinkling outside lights.
As for grammar. I had no trouble reading that. I only notice my own mistakes 😁and usually when it’s too late to fix them
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My Christmas is (mostly) coming down today! I am leaving up a couple of things my grands made for me… they are just too special to pack away just yet!
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Oh yrs I rosd it ok!
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Whew it sounds hot in your part of the world. My Christmas decor is packed away. I could read the nonsense but I must admit it upsets my need for order – 😉
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