Take Hope, Math Majors!

Aoc­c­drnig to rscheearch at an Eling­sh uin­ervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht ore­dr the ltteers in a wrod are, olny taht the frist and lsat ltteres are at the rghit pcleas. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a por­belm. Tihs is bcuse­ae we do not raed ervey lteter by ilstef, but the wrod as a wlo­he.

This is all over the net, and I don’t know who orig­i­nat­ed it (but I do know the author was clever).

Before you get tak­en in by it, notice that there are heavy con­tex­tu­al clues built into each sen­tence and that all words of three let­ters or less are left in cor­rect order. It’s inter­est­ing (and worth post­ing on the dorm bul­letin board), but I would­n’t cite it in any papers if I was you.

Any­way, wel­come to Stan­ford (or wel­come back, depend­ing on who you are).

If you’re a new stu­dent, you might want to check out our advice on liv­ing with a room­mate.