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"Then maybe it's time you look up how unemployment statistics are calculated in Switzerland and you will be surprised that you counted into them." Not to criti

by dbspin 2mo ago

"Then maybe it's time you look up how unemployment statistics are calculated in Switzerland and you will be surprised that you counted into them." Not to criticise, but just to point out that this sentence doesn't quite make sense in English, and it's not immediately apparent what you mean. The sentence has to precisely opposed interpretations.

teiferer 2mo ago
Oh interesting. What are the interpretations and why?
- crefiz 2mo ago
  I beg to differ, perhaps my English dialect is different but sounds pretty OK to me – even for Chatty https://chatgpt.com/share/6a98091f-9550-83eb-b17e-c636ac3441d1 https://chatgpt.com/share/6a98091f-9550-83eb-b17e-c636ac3441...
  - dbspin 2mo ago
    Expert as a stochastic parrot may be in impersonating expertise, grammatical or otherwise, I don't see how citing it is relevant.
- teiferer 2mo ago
  (Also, why was that question downvoted?)
- dbspin 2mo ago
  > Then maybe it's time you look up how unemployment statistics are calculated in Switzerland and you will be surprised that you counted into them. First off the sentence simply doesn't make sense. Specifically 'you will be surprised that you counted into them.' I assume the commenter meant something like 'you will be surprised that you were included in those statistics. But it's highly ambiguous since 'you counted into them' isn't sensical. Trying to parse it from context, they could be suggesting a reader would be surprised at how the statistics are calculated, at who is included, at who is not included, or at how similarly they are calculated when compared to other countries.
IAmBroom 2mo ago
> this sentence doesn't quite make sense in English > The sentence has to precisely opposed interpretations. Muphry's Law still holds true.
- bpavuk 2mo ago
  TIL that "Muphry's law" is a deliberate misspelling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law
- dbspin 2mo ago
  Always, but perhaps not in this case. I wasn't correcting spelling, but coherence. The comment I replied to includes a sentence that is both ambiguous and non-nonsensical. It doesn't seem to be an issue of grammar, but rather clarity of thought.

by dbspin 2mo ago

teiferer 2mo ago

Oh interesting. What are the interpretations and why?

crefiz 2mo ago
I beg to differ, perhaps my English dialect is different but sounds pretty OK to me – even for Chatty https://chatgpt.com/share/6a98091f-9550-83eb-b17e-c636ac3441d1 https://chatgpt.com/share/6a98091f-9550-83eb-b17e-c636ac3441...
- dbspin 2mo ago
  Expert as a stochastic parrot may be in impersonating expertise, grammatical or otherwise, I don't see how citing it is relevant.
teiferer 2mo ago
(Also, why was that question downvoted?)
dbspin 2mo ago
> Then maybe it's time you look up how unemployment statistics are calculated in Switzerland and you will be surprised that you counted into them. First off the sentence simply doesn't make sense. Specifically 'you will be surprised that you counted into them.' I assume the commenter meant something like 'you will be surprised that you were included in those statistics. But it's highly ambiguous since 'you counted into them' isn't sensical. Trying to parse it from context, they could be suggesting a reader would be surprised at how the statistics are calculated, at who is included, at who is not included, or at how similarly they are calculated when compared to other countries.

IAmBroom 2mo ago

> this sentence doesn't quite make sense in English > The sentence has to precisely opposed interpretations. Muphry's Law still holds true.

bpavuk 2mo ago
TIL that "Muphry's law" is a deliberate misspelling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law
dbspin 2mo ago
Always, but perhaps not in this case. I wasn't correcting spelling, but coherence. The comment I replied to includes a sentence that is both ambiguous and non-nonsensical. It doesn't seem to be an issue of grammar, but rather clarity of thought.