Open Up and Say…

Written By Reprise Media | January 11, 2006 | No Comments

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1950′s commercial wisdom tells us that “relief” is spelled R-O-L-A-I-D-S.

But what about the words that aren’t as clear? How do we spell them and how do search engines help us find them?

We all know that a simple misspelling won’t stop the average search engine from returning a query, but how exactly do they decide?

A blog called Languages of the Real and Artifical takes a look at this and other interesting phenomenons in a fresh new way.

Check out this post containing a visual representation of variations on the word “aargh” and the lively discussion that follows in the Comments section.


Never before has some much been said about so little…

(link via CNET news)

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