Sebastian wren says:
Taht is srot of ture, but it deos not tlel the wlohe sorty. It is
rieealtvly esay wtih sroht wrods, but not so esay wtih lngoer wdros.
Msot cetonnt wdors in Eslingh are sveen leertts lnog or leognr -- the
mroe leretts terhe are in a wrod, the mroe dulificft and caipcetmold
it bomeecs to cletrorcy infietdy them wehn the ltrtees are
ragnearerd. Warhees, more divutinmie and cmmoon wrdos lkie "blal"
and "baer" raimen mltsoy ungnchead and esay to rizocenge, lgneor, less
cmoomn wdros, like "pltlooiun" and "soulamitunes" caghne saillbattunsy
to the pniot werhe rnciooitegn is srclceay pbsslioe. Fmrrhtrouee,
this atiibly smtes form a garet deal of enpicerexe rindaeg cretolcry
slelepd wdros -- olny plopee who can adrealy raed pelictroinfy can do
this tsak. Tihs tirck does not reeavl mcuh aoubt the pscroes of
lnnreaig to raed -- it only ietaindcs that hhligy slielkd rrdeaes are
so pectacred wtih txet tehy can omoercve moinr informieepcts (epshaims
on the word "moinr") in the pnirt to aesccs mnnaeig.