> For example, replacing a "b" with a "p" in the middle of a > word, or spelling "cat" as "cet".
in a similar vein, i've found that learning a 3rd foreign language does strange things to your brain. for example, if know spanish, and you are learning cambodian, and you try to recall the word for food then your brain says "um, well it's not FOOD because that's english...lemme see, what's the foreign way to say food? COMIDA, that's right." when you are really trying to find the word MAHOPE. i think our brains have these gross categories of things and sometimes it's like a first-fit algorithm or something.. we have silly brians. -josh > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Sasha Pachev > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OT] Typos > > >tome instead of tomb--- > >I'd claim a stupid fat-fingered key-- but `e' and `b' are > half way across the >keyboard. > > Typos are an interesting subject. I found myself occasionally > making very interesting typos - typing part of the word > phonetically as if it had been said with a Russian accent. > For example, replacing a "b" with a "p" in the middle of a > word, or spelling "cat" as "cet". > > -- > Sasha Pachev > AskSasha Linux Consulting > http://www.asksasha.com > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
