First glances

[fausto copy]

Just been looking on the Touring section and one posting was titled what I thought was
"Any experience of magnolia?"

I was just about to reply, "no, don't do it, paint it something brighter!"
when I realised what it really read.
Anyone else find this happens and any funny incidents?

[reohn2]

Its the problem of reading the first two words or and part of the sentence,title whatever then assuming the rest,Motorists do it all the time at junctions
It could be described as being "out of the moment" or "out of the mind"

[ferrit worrier]

Aoccdrnig to 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.



Malc

[Colin63]

Brilliant Malc. I didn't even pause. point well made

[gaz]

I did pause although not for long. Strange thing is that I've seen the above before in print and that time I didn't pause.

[reohn2]

Aoccdrnig to 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.



Malc

Thats surely missing the pont, Fausto had got the last word wrong due to assumption, reading Magnolia instead of Mongolia.
These two words start and end with the same letter,the mixing up of letters in a word is something completely different.

[ferrit worrier]

Had a misshap at lunch time! On the CCTV I saw the sandwich trolly in the basement car cark, so I ran downstairs and had a quick look before it all went into the van. I thought I saw "Ham and experimental cheese" I just quickly blurted out "Whats experimental cheese while I was having a second look, I then re read the lable Ahh "Emmental" cheese. Well it was all sort of folded and not quite legible, honest. needless to say the girles thought it funny, I just had a red face.

rehon2

The purpose of the Cambridge uni thing was to demonstrate how the brain looks at words.

Malc

[Lithril]

Had a similar one they other day, was meant to ask the kids if anyone had any new or used toys for cats, dogs or rabbits they'd like to donate... when I first read it at a glance all I read was "does anyone have anyone have any new or used, dogs, cats or rabbits..."

Matt

[reohn2]

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rehon2

The purpose of the Cambridge uni thing was to demonstrate how the brain looks at words.

Malc

Yep, I'm aware of that, I've seen it before,I was pointing out that the mind reading one thing as something else is a different thing to jumbling up the letters and then the mind sorting them out by resemblence.
Fausto was reading what wasn't there, whereas the Cambridge thing is sorting out what is there,which is different.

Sorry if it seems I'm being pandenitc

[Si]

Well, since a certain bit of hoo-har a while ago I keep ready anything with "hubgear" in it as "hugbear".

[ferrit worrier]

rehon2

Ah, yes pniot teakn.

Malc

[iandriver]

I think a whole genre of Ealing comedy was based on it. Oh er mrs.

I bet I'm not the only one to go into the bakers and ask for a dam joenut.......

[rjb]

ferrit warrior

i take my piont kneat too! another glass maybe!

[ferrit worrier]

Yes jsut aoubt to hvae a nigogn boefor bed, a ncie snigel mlat

mlac

[fausto copy]

I've just remembered reading an advert years ago, where the mag. editor must have had the same trouble as me.

I swear this is true.
I was heavily into Hi-Fi and bought a copy of the local Yellow Ads paper.
In the Hi-Fi for sale section was an advert for....

Massey Ferguson Muck Spreakers!

Obviously this started off as a mis-spelling that the editor must have clocked as "speakers".
Still laughing about it now.

P.S. Didn't buy them; wouldn't fit on my shelf!