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xocet

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11. Interesting, I had not noticed that the first and last letters were in their proper places....

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 11:48 AM

Apr 2012

I am curious about your reading of my posting. Would you please answer a couple of questions?

Did leaving the initial capitals and the punctuation marks in the text make a difference to your reading of the post? Also, which of the words were the most difficult to decipher? Lastly, do you know - by chance - of any studies on the topic of how much garbling is sufficient to destroy context?

Thanks for your earlier reply and for any answers that you have time to give.

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