Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Anyone can recognize well-known songs when they read the lyrics, right? Maybe not. Depends on how they're arranged.
At http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/diversions/ and_great_lyrics_quiz_rock_roll_the.php, Matthew Baldwin has rearranged the words of lyrics into alphabetical order. Can you name that tune now?
I was a bit surprised that some of the songs I love had so few words.
Later: I got only 1, 9, 17, 18, 19, 23, 28, 33, and 50, and in almost every case it was on the basis of one unusual word.
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A small annoyance - on one of the reality shows, the 20-somethings are misusing a phrase and it's driving me slowly crazy.
When they decide that one of the people is acting immaturely, they say "That's child's play."
That's not what it means! When you call something "child's play", that means it's EASY to do! It does not indicate immaturity. What they mean is "That's childish."
I guess that word is just too big for them.
Aaaaaagh!
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1 comment:
Yeah, I was going to say something to them....but that was child's play;)
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