Lets do a little experiment...

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by mariafierce, Nov 16, 2017.

  1. Read over the following statement, do it quickly and read it just one time.



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    Now read it again and count the number of Fs in the text. How many do you see, three? Four? Or more?

    If your answer was three or four, go back and reread the statement, but this time, look for the number of times you encounter the word "Of"
    There are actually seven fs in that statement.
     
  2. no support
     
  3. Why did you drop your Stat?
    & can I have your chibis? :)
     
  4. I don't have any Chibis though Hun, dropped stats cos not active anymore.

    Did you count the fs or nah?
     
  5. Lmao I skipped of the ofs lol
     
  6.  I totally skipped the ofs
     
  7. Nahhhhh ): lol
     
  8. You made this thread though so you obviously are active
     
  9. In a typical group of ppl who have never seen this demonstration before, most notice only three fs.

    We don't really focus on the letters in the statement. Most of us learned to read phonetically, and "of" appears as "ov" in our "minds ear"
     
  10. I didn't skip ofs i got 7 in one time
     
  11. Lmao I got 7 fs in the first try :')
     
  12. Wow! :lol: this is amazing why are we skipled the ofs
     
  13. FYI
     
  14. I thought this was gonna be a question about what the sentence really means or a riddle. Man..
     
  15. Just came back by to show love to my distant sis. You’re so awesome?
     
  16. Pretty interesting
     
  17. HAIL JOPO!!!!
     
  18. I keep getting 6, :?. What am I doing wrong? :( . Also phonetics don't count for me, as English is a second language and I plain ignore those small differences in sounds.