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Orior Posted 20 years ago
Jokes, Puzzles & Riddles

Reading Test

Read the lines below quickly:


A bird in the

the hand is worth two in the

the bush.
Now read it backwards. Did you get all the words first time through?
  

Top answer

I didn't understand what we're supposed to do exactly? Do we have to read it backwards starting from the top or the bottom?

— Dj Bueno

  • I didn't understand what we're supposed to do exactly?
  • Do we have to read it backwards starting from the top or the bottom?
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I didn't understand what we're supposed to do exactly? Do we have to read it backwards starting from the top or the bottom?
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Aye, kinda. Okay, just read it and tell me if it makes complete sense.

Ah forget it. Stupid thing anyway. Emotion: sad
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Not so much that it makes sense but is it a correct sentence?

There is a mistake, can you spot it?
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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I think that the point is that most people read it as A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. What it actually says is A bird in the the hand is worth two in the the bush.
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Spot on princess!
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Nona The BritI think that the point is that most people read it as A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. What it actually says is A bird in the the hand is worth two in the the bush.

Actually I also read it in the way u did; however I thought that he wanted us to find out the real sentence perhaps..Otherwise it is nonsense..
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You may have seen it before but this is similar - about how we read and what we see when reading quickly.

READ this sentence:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE-
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

Now count aloud the F's in that sentence.

Count them ONLY ONCE; do not go back and count them again.

Don't go an
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Hehe I know that trick- thanks for your sharing[Y]
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