Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt 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.

A fnried snet me teh smae tnihg as avboe, but in Prtougeuse. Wroekd jsut as wlel.

Whew! Hard to do. But I didn't scramble the first paragraph, one of those things you see on a discussion list or circulates around the emails.

In Portuguese, it worked just as well, was quite readable. I was encouraged -- lefthanders like me are notorious for switching letters. It's some physiological trait. Too bad switching numbers isn't as innocuous as the letters.

I'm still studying to see what spiritual lesson can be drawn from this. Hmm.