Why does the the human mind ignore the second "the"?
what?
desu
I'll admit it, you got me.
It's because we read through recognition, not total analysis. We do see the second 'the', but the brain thinks 'oh I already saw that' and disregards it.
>>25561613
found the slow kid
post a example
>>25561697
hotdogs-
>>25561735
ooohhh shit
you freak my mind
>>25561697
Okay try to see if you can see the doubled up word in this post.
What I if told you
that you read this wrong maybe
My mind ignored the first one.
>>25561604
what the the fuck!
>>25561604
> (why (human-mind :ignore (second "the")))
Daily reminder that s-expression syntax is superior.
>>25561766
checking those dubs
It's because we are so used to typos here.
>>25561775
took me 4 times, after the the 3rd, I assumed you were baiting us into reading it repeatedly.
>>25561775
ya got me!
>>25561793
i swore i saw a does in that sentence
>>25561604
I am from the linguistics department, and I am here to help.
This is pretty much a unique feature of English. It s a bit more prominent in spoken language. Basically, you can get away with stuffing the sentence with excessive ammounts of grammatical fluff and filler, and most people wont notice. (grammatical = having no actual meaning based in the reality you speak of, only helping you form the sentence)
This is due to the weak words phenomenon. Studies show that native speakers dont even actually hear the weak words, unless they focus on them. While you couldnt specifically get away with doubling the "the" in speech, due to speech rhythm and such, it is a similar phenomenon. Your brain first looks for lexical (=having meaning based in reality) words and constitues a meaning. Only then does it come back to analyse how grammatical words attached to the lexical words may shift this meaning. And words which have no apparent connection to the lexical part of the sentence are ignored.
Any questions?
>>25561840
Thanks for the interesting post, it's becoming exceedingly rare here.
>>25562031
Soon, r9k will die like /b/ did. We have to move. Where, that is the question.
>>25561604
>literally from reddit
>>25562036
>Soon r9k will die
Every online community is a dead tepid pool of its own insipid filth. If you're not coming here out of habit to lurk and judge normie college kid cucks then fuck off
>>25562036
>Soon, r9k will die
This is the reason why other humans ignore you
>>25561840
that lovely
thank you anon
