This was taken from "David Harris' Science & Literature" Blog (except I corrected the spelling of "important" from using an 'e' to using an 'a';

http://blogs.salon.com/0001092/2003/09/15.html

"Aoccdrnig to rsereach at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteres are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe."

A translation for those who were unable to read the previous paragraph (a thought: a required translation disproves the statements expressed in the paragraph, and yes there are people who can't read it):

According to research at an English university, it doesn't matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that first and last letters are in the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without a problem. This is because we do not read every letter by itself, but the word as a whole.