So I first came across this back in high school and still think it's pretty amazing.
It was originally written in 1940 by a French Professor as an example of how an idea or thought in English can be conveyed using words that sound similar to the intended words. I think it's interesting. So here is the test...what story is being told here?
"Wants pawn term, dare worsted ladle gull hoe lift wetter murder inner ladle cordage, honor itch off lodge, dock florist. Disk ladle gull orphan worry putty ladle rat cluck wetter ladle rat hut, and fur disk raisin, pimple colder Ladle Rat Rotten Hut.Wan moaning, Ladle Rat Rotten Hut's murder colder inset."Ladle Rat Rotten Hut, heresy ladle basking winsome burden barter and shirker cockles. Tick disk ladle basking tutor cordage offer groin-murder hoe lifts honor udder site offer florist. Shaker lake! Dun stopper laundry wrote! Dun stopper peck floors! Dun daily-doily inner florist, an yonder nor sorghum-stenches, dun stoper torque wet strainers!""Hoe-cake, murder," resplendent Ladle Rat Rotten, and tickle ladle basking an stutter oft.Honor wrote tutor cordage offer groin-murder, Ladle Rat Rotten Hut mitten anomalous woof."
There's no reward for getting it right...just the satisfaction of gettting it. Try reading this outloud for both entertainment and for help in figuring it out.
4 comments:
ooooh OOOOH I got it. My least favourite kids story, Little Red Riding Hood. I mean, what kind of idiot, horrible grandkid mistakes their sweet grandma for a wolf? Besides, it is also traumatic for any kid who really loves their grandmother and doesn't like to think of her being held hostage by a wolf. I also had nightmares of a wolf dressed in an old ladies hat and apron living in my basement. That was my first reoccurring dream/nightmare and it's still vivid in my imagination. Thanks for digging up painful memories and reminding me I've always got layers of messed up that I thought I moved on from. Your check is in the mail.
You so got it...you are s-m-r-t. It really is a creepy story. Course my grandma really did sort of remind me of a wolf, so it just validated a childhood suspicion for me.
Glad to dig up the past and smear your nose in it. I'll do it for you anytime my friend.
i got through the first 3 words then gave up - cause shiznit like that gives me a headache.
Mike Mussina could figure that out. Not so sure if Beckett could.
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