Theos-Talk Archives (February 1997 Message tl00179)

Tom Robertson writes:
>>Where is 6?
>>I can find five all day: finished files of of scientific of
>>Nevermind....I can't count
>>Gertrude the Churchmouse...scurrying back to Kindergarten to learn to
>>count.--
>I looked at it several times, and only after reading your note
>including the "of's" did I see more than 3, and even then, I had to
>look several times to find 6.  Is it different pronunciation that
>accounts for the difficulty?

I believe it has something to do with the fact that the word "of" is so often
used that it is consciously ignored.  A good experiment would be to ask a four
year old child to read the message and count the f's, for a four year old
child has not yet habitualized his/herself with certain words.
---
The Triaist



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