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Beetwen

by Dovina

Member since 2004 · Posted 7 Mar 2005 · 16 comments

Beteewn bigeninng and end way satotins pivrode rispete in a gmae of Sracblbe werhe you konw a wrod by its frist and lsat letetrs witaing beetwen tehm for menaginful contecinon hipong to mortamephose form lsot wendarer itno usterdnood preosn

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[10] edpeterson 7-Mar-05/10:50 AM Reply
metamorphose? Of course, this is bunk, but you know that. Points for different, but then you could use that fucked up font...what the fuck is it called?............Wingdings, and make it completely illegible.
[n/a] Dovina › edpeterson 8-Mar-05/7:20 AM Reply
Metamorphose – yes. Bunk – no. Wingdings would make it completely illegible, and anyone can do that. I wanted it barely legible, with just enough pattern so the reader can see order in apparent chaos.
[n/a] zodiac › Dovina 9-Mar-05/4:03 AM Reply
He probably means "you konw a wrod
by its frist and lsat letetrs" is bunk. Which it is. Even you don't believe that; you believe "you konw a wrod by its frist and lsat letetrs as lnog as teh lttrse bwteeen are hte smae." And even that's not the case.
[n/a] Dovina › zodiac 9-Mar-05/6:57 AM Reply
Even you were able to read this. It's even easier than I thought. Of course, you want me to spell out every detail of the process for you.
[n/a] zodiac › Dovina 11-Mar-05/9:27 PM Reply
You don't have to. But notice everybody in the world reads 'teh' as 'the'. Even my Microsoft Word. First and last letters simply don't have anything to do with it. As I understand it (from my wife who degreed in language acquisition, among others) it has to do with either a certain percent of letters in their appropriate places (but not necessarily first and last) or simply a certain percent of the correct letters present. Beyond that, you'll have to ask -=Dark_Angel=-,P.I. for details. But then, you'd rather gouge out your own ovaries than do that, wouldn't you?

PS-One thing I love about you is how you're always willing to match something you read in an email forward against the product or real interested inquiry. Go ahead.
[10] Crakyamuni 7-Mar-05/11:37 AM Reply
Who's that folkish painter in the bronx, a latin man? That guy paints with words sometimes to instill the point that our minds have the amazing ability to organize chaos. I like the the concept at the end.
I thnk this is nice.
[n/a] Dovina › Crakyamuni 8-Mar-05/7:21 AM Reply
I don’t know what painter you mean. Glad you understood it and got what I was saying in a cryptic way.
[10] al-naafiysh 8-Mar-05/2:45 AM Reply
Nicely put together D.
[n/a] Dovina › al-naafiysh 8-Mar-05/7:21 AM Reply
Thanks, A.
[10] blacksoul 8-Mar-05/3:17 AM Reply
Dovina I let my son read your poem he's in the fifth grade, and they are just beginning to study chaos. He was very amazed the way you had it organized.
[n/a] Dovina › blacksoul 8-Mar-05/7:22 AM Reply
That’s great that he was able to read it. Did he get all of the words, even metamorphose? Even if he didn’t, but figured out the way it works, that’s good for a fifth grader. Maybe they have an easier time of bringing order to chaos than we do.
[10] INTRANSIT 8-Mar-05/2:04 PM Reply
10 for the difficulty in intentionally fucking the spelling up.
[n/a] Dovina › INTRANSIT 8-Mar-05/3:02 PM Reply
Actually, sex and chaotic spelling go nicely together – not difficult atol.
[n/a] zodiac › Dovina 9-Mar-05/4:04 AM Reply
Yes, if by "sex" you mean "gender, particularly female." If you mean "good sex", then bow'ls. You've been writing about wanting to (and not succeeding at) getting laid for almost a year now.
[n/a] Dovina › zodiac 9-Mar-05/7:00 AM Reply
That's low. Even lower than your usual name calling.
[n/a] zodiac › Dovina 11-Mar-05/9:31 PM Reply
Oh. Sorry.