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- dtaai-maai
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I think we've already established that I'm a bit of a language snob, but what is it with 'lose' and 'loose'? I must be turning into a grumpy old git, because that error, which I see so often everywhere, genuinely makes me want to bang my head on the desk.
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Here, here ,there so annoying with they're grammatical errors.dtaai-maai wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 2:12 am I think we've already established that I'm a bit of a language snob, but what is it with 'lose' and 'loose'? I must be turning into a grumpy old git, because that error, which I see so often everywhere, genuinely makes me want to bang my head on the desk.
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^^I refuse to listen to comments from some moron who can't even spell his own name...
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You're barbed comments made me loose my mind, their so cruel In fact your a master debater.
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This is from Anthony Burgess:HHTel wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 12:40 am [youtube]http://www.google.com/search?tbm=vid&sx ... xpV8D8K9JI[/youtube]
"I once heard an army motor mechanic complain of his recalcitrant engine by crying ‘Fuck it, the fucking fucker’s fucking fucked. There you have the word used as five distinct parts of speech"
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And bizarrely, some software somewhere censored the original of the word but not the derivatives!
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Not new but still find it fascinating.
Take a look at this paragraph. Can you read what it says? All the letters have been jumbled (mixed). Only the first and last letter of ecah word is in the right place:
I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.
Take a look at this paragraph. Can you read what it says? All the letters have been jumbled (mixed). Only the first and last letter of ecah word is in the right place:
I cnduo't bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty uesdtannrd waht I was rdnaieg. Unisg the icndeblire pweor of the hmuan mnid, aocdcrnig to rseecrah at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mttaer in waht oderr the lterets in a wrod are, the olny irpoamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rhgit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whoutit a pboerlm. Tihs is bucseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey ltteer by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Aaznmig, huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghhuot slelinpg was ipmorantt! See if yuor fdreins can raed tihs too.
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^^ This probably works for other languages using a Roman-ish alphabet. It may help us read English very quickly. I don't think it would work for languages like Thai though. Certainly doesn't work with Thai for me which I still read to slowly for subtitles on movies.
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Yes, that's the trick of speed reading novels, which I could do when younger. I'd place a finger in the middle of the page, moving it down slowly and casting eyes quickly left and right. You do miss some depth of good writing, and I don't think it's recommended for text books and technical manuals.hhinner wrote: ↑Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:00 pm ^^ This probably works for other languages using a Roman-ish alphabet. It may help us read English very quickly. I don't think it would work for languages like Thai though. Certainly doesn't work with Thai for me which I still read to slowly for subtitles on movies.
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This one from a friend of a FB friend took all of my willpower not to reply with a barbed comment.dtaai-maai wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 2:12 am I think we've already established that I'm a bit of a language snob, but what is it with 'lose' and 'loose'? I must be turning into a grumpy old git, because that error, which I see so often everywhere, genuinely makes me want to bang my head on the desk.
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