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Dear 'F' Ologists !See this phrase ?...how many F's do you see ?FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARSMost Native English speakers see 3....others see 6..WHY ?..!!...why do we miss some 'F's ?
Is it not just because we are looking for the 'eff' sound at the beginning of a word or syllable. The 'f' in "of" is a 'v' sound.Wadya fink?
Quote from: neilep on 21/03/2008 23:00:25Dear 'F' Ologists !See this phrase ?...how many F's do you see ?FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARSMost Native English speakers see 3....others see 6..WHY ?..!!...why do we miss some 'F's ?In the phrase I see 3 F's, in your entire post I see 6.Regarding the why......I see that many cos that's how many there are. []Hmmmmmm......did I miss any?
LOL..YOU ALL KNOW I mean the phrase in CAPITALS !!arrrrrrrrrgghhhhhhhhhhh !!!I would like to know why native english speakers miss the 'f's in 'Of' though !!...though clearly non-native english speakers are for more into the detail of the language and would not miss them......