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Ive never observed the 2nd scenario and cant imagine that would ever be what someone thought was meant. I have to ask… is this sarcasm? Because Im genuinely con
by JamesSwift 2y ago
Ive never observed the 2nd scenario and cant imagine that would ever be what someone thought was meant. I have to ask… is this sarcasm? Because Im genuinely confused
- jdthedisciple 2y agoNope it's not sarcasm. Think about it: Most instances of such questions are about r vs rr, l vs ll, s vs ss, etc. when people actually ask them. It's a simple yet overlooked fact.
- JamesSwift 2y agoOK, I understand now. Im not sure I've seen the form you put it in, but I agree its very common for someone to say something to the effect of "Is it 1 r or 2 in strawberry", completely eliding the first r. That makes more sense. I still disagree the posted form gets interpreted as that though : D
- jdthedisciple 2y agoGlad you see what I mean now :) Any particular reason you disagree? It's a more plausible explanation than "llm dumb lol" in my view, given its statistical nature
- JamesSwift 2y agoJust the nuance of the language. Im saying _statistically_ those scenarios are "Im currently trying to spell a word and Im verbally asking you which is right". Very rarely would that be written in text, and I think its much more likely to be framed as "is there 1 or 2" as the question. I think _statistically_ it is overwhelmingly likely the question as framed is a trivia style question asking for the actual answer.
- jdthedisciple 2y agoStatistically I would surmise it's more often asked with a 1 vs 2 framing, because I don't think anyone genuinely was ever asked by another person how many of any character are in any correctly spelled word in written form, because that would be a redundant question, right? But I suppose to answer this it could help to actually gather statistics on the frequency of either version in texts online.