 Shadowrun, Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Version naming |
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 Dec 25 2010, 06:17 AM
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Advocatus Diaboli  Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282  |
I'm pretty sure that 'popsicle stick' needs no hyphen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Anyway, the fact that it's possible to find words that you (personally) can't read when scrambled doesn't make the entire phenomenon 'actually untrue'. |
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Dec 25 2010, 06:19 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 10,289 Joined: 2-October 08 Member No.: 16,392 |
While I am unable to produce a working example, I would not be surprised if there existed a word that could be scrambled in this fashion to produce another, valid, English word.
(And yes "mispronounce" gets rather tricky, even in context) QUOTE Anyway, the fact that it's possible to find words that you (personally) can't read when scrambled doesn't make the entire phenomenon 'actually untrue'. Just because it works for some cases, and not all cases, doesn't make it 'true'. (Last I checked, a single counter example proved theories false). |
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Dec 25 2010, 06:35 AM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Check again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
'Some, and not all' is a terribly biased description. 'The vast majority of cases for the vast majority of people' is more accurate. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Dec 25 2010, 04:48 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
I personally don't think it's "just" recognizing individual words, or even "just" context clues.
It's pattern recognition. Something the human brain is often pretty good at. BUT. I've derailed the thread. What was that about edition or naming wars? -k |
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Dec 25 2010, 07:20 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
AFAIK, the brain uses multiple strategies at once (in competition, even, which is wacky), and they also influence each other at the same time. Wild. It's pretty fascinating stuff.
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