Sunday, May 6, 2012

Can You Read This

Someone sent this to me in an email. It's not exactly a challenge, but it is fun.


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D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5!
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1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG
17 WA5 H4RD BU7
N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3
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R34D1NG 17
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7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17.
B3 PROUD! 0NLY
C3R741N P30PL3 C4N
R3AD 7H15.
PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F
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It's just amazing what the mind can do. It's flat miraculous that we can convert sounds into symbols and create a language out of them, then take that language and make up whole worlds populated with imaginary people. Like reading, writing is a skill not to be taken for granted.

2 comments:

  1. This is the reason why it's so hard for me to spot those pesky missing words when editing. My mind automatically assumes they're there and passes right over them.

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  2. You got that right, Angie. I never thought of it that way before. It's the editing curse.

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