Misreading Headlines

[Tristan Thinks]

I'm always doing this, and usually the mis-read is funny because it's so wrong.

 

Just now for example I was reading the BBC News site, looking at a page that quoted various American voters over the recent Texas and Ohio primaries. Here's what I read:

 

"Bareback still has the delegates and the popular vote"

 

and here's what it actually said:

 

"Barack still has the delegates and the popular vote"

 

In my defense I had been looking at the GA news headlines and there were two stories about a porn company and barebacking, so maybe the two somehow got mixed it

[Tiger]

I'm always doing this, and usually the mis-read is funny because it's so wrong.

 

Just now for example I was reading the BBC News site, looking at a page that quoted various American voters over the recent Texas and Ohio primaries. Here's what I read:

 

"Bareback still has the delegates and the popular vote"

 

and here's what it actually said:

 

"Barack still has the delegates and the popular vote"

 

In my defense I had been looking at the GA news headlines and there were two stories about a porn company and barebacking, so maybe the two somehow got mixed it

I can tell what you're really thinking about, you naughty boy.

[steph]

I received an email funny on something similar to this years ago...

 

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

[rknapp]

I received an email funny on something similar to this years ago...

 

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

I've heard that before, pretty interesting actually. I wonder what would happen if I wrote a paper like that for class hahaha.

[Tristan Thinks]

I received an email funny on something similar to this years ago...

Yes, I've done some fascinating research & development on algorithms to exploit this. It's part of my wider interest in pattern recognition whether it be in audio, video, or text, and implementing systems that mimic how the human brain handles pattern recognition in different scenarios.

[Tristan Thinks]

I'm sure the BBC employs people especially to come up with these headlines:

 

"Teenagers held in cockfight raid"

 

Officers were called to suspicious activity in a white van parked in Durham Road, Bishop Auckland, on Tuesday evening.

[BeaStKid]

I'm sure the BBC employs people especially to come up with these headlines:

 

"Teenagers held in cockfight raid"

ROFLMAO