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Dave W.
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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 02/01/2005 : 15:26:28 [Permalink]
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| I only get 3...am I missing something? |
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dv82matt
SFN Regular
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 15:37:34 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Paulos23
I only get 3...am I missing something?
Yep.
An 'f' doesn't always sound like an 'f'.
I count 6. |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 15:38:11 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Paulos23
I only get 3...am I missing something?
"F" is part of the word "OF". The human brain tends to interpret the word phonetically and substitutes "V". "OF" appears three times in the passage. |
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serendipitypublishing
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 16:40:44 [Permalink]
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quote:
"F" is part of the word "OF". The human brain tends to interpret the word phonetically and substitutes "V". "OF" appears three times in the passage.
It doesn' seem to work (i.e.answering 3) if English is not your mother tongue. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 18:59:58 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by serendipitypublishing
quote:
"F" is part of the word "OF". The human brain tends to interpret the word phonetically and substitutes "V". "OF" appears three times in the passage.
It doesn' seem to work (i.e.answering 3) if English is not your mother tongue.
I counted three the first time. Then I realized that this we one of the mind-tricks and counted 5, then sensing something was off, I recounted a third time and got 6. Then Ricky came along, and I had to recount again (6).
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serendipitypublishing
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 02/01/2005 : 19:27:17 [Permalink]
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Perhaps I should of said :
It doesn't seem to work if your main language is latin based, e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Italian.
It maybe that Swedish also confuse the 'of' for the 'ov'. |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 02/02/2005 : 07:13:24 [Permalink]
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Such as mine  There are six, yes there are. |
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