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Observationalist (Experiential Learner)
Mar. 31st, 2009 10:31 pm
You know you've had a long day when you take "Script Writers 2009"
to mean "Styptic White 2009".
Sometimes when I hold a book up and flip through it quickly, words will sort of zip past my eyes, portmanteaus or substitutions, unconscious changes like the one above. I don't even have to be tired. Serif font books, or books with heavier type, will do it more predictably, and the pages have to be obvious blocks of text, as with a narrative; thin lines, like cooking instructions, don't fuse properly.
Poetry is also iffy.
to mean "Styptic White 2009".
Sometimes when I hold a book up and flip through it quickly, words will sort of zip past my eyes, portmanteaus or substitutions, unconscious changes like the one above. I don't even have to be tired. Serif font books, or books with heavier type, will do it more predictably, and the pages have to be obvious blocks of text, as with a narrative; thin lines, like cooking instructions, don't fuse properly.
Poetry is also iffy.
