Waht is wonrg wtih tihs snetecne? Hiw cmoe msot ploepe can sltil raed it?

"Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deos n'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 itslef but the wrod as a wlohe."

Letters page of The Age.