# This is very interesting - maybe bad speling doesn't matter!

<datetime class="hidden">2004-03-19T00:00</datetime>
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The following is via Roy Osherove's blog..


## [Interesting research](http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/posts/27471.aspx) 

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.

UPDATE: Oh cool, this is one of those cool little viral things on the net...wonder who started it?