Re:Space After Periods (1993)
by lisper on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @03:57PM
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The real trick would be to come up with a string that is actually ambiguous without whitespace. That turns out to be surprisingly challenging.
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Re:Space After Periods (1993)
by throwaway473453 on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @05:22PM
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Isit?
Well done!
I have to say, that is not a great example. Your earlier point still holds good that there is enough redundancy in English to distinguish these things.
Here "Isit?" means "Is it?" and that is obvious from the context.
Yes, that's true, but it's still ambiguous out of context, and the fact that it is also a direct response to what I said adds some unexpected humor so I give it bonus points for that.
It inspired me to come up with:
Fromwhereisitgoodideascome?
That was ambiguous because I had to really double-guess whether it was "therapists" or "the rapists"....
Ah, I totally missed that. (I guess I had a mental block against having utmost respect for rapists.)
Re:Space After Periods (1993)
by asudosandwich on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @12:47PM
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“Sean Connery” also misread it on a SNL Celebrity Jeopardy spoof.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hElOag-1a0k
illtaketherapistsfortwohundred :-)
The therapist - the rapist ambiguity already does that no?