Bullshido Lars Hjalmquist [Ironwood and Florida] sent the following to me. It came out of Cambridge University  in the UK. Don’t know when. But it is very interesting and I think it probably the basis of  how people learn to speed-read. We’re beginning to finalize some appearances and signings for spring and Shadow of the Wolf Tree, so keep an eye on the events section of the blog. And, I’ll be out with the DNR in the not-too-distant future, so please behave.

Enjoy the reading bit.  It raises a whole slew of questions  about how our brains work (when they work) and ironically looks and sounds a bit like the phonetic spellings of Shakespeare’s time; perhaps more germane,    it reminds me of mish-mashy computer speak, the sort of shorthanded lingua computerica of txet mssegres. Oevr.

Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs.

I cdnuolt blveiee taht i cluod aulaclty uesdnatrrd waht I was rdanieg

The phaonmneal pweor of the jmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch sutdy

at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a

wrod are, the olny ipromoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in

the ghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it

wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed

ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig, huh? Yaeh and

I wlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs psas it on!!

If you cluod raed the lsat msasgse tanhk an Eiglnsh Theecar!!