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I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality, counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalizes intercommunications' incomprehensibleness.
I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality, counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalizes intercommunications' incomprehensibleness.
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Very clever. Is transcendentalizes a word?
I don't know how you came up with such a long list of words increasing in length!
I don't know how you came up with such a long list of words increasing in length!
Idiots! Now I got a headache
Nice one!
That is a really good one. It took me about 15m to get it!
Easy to figure out, but extremely clever to have written.
i agree with jaxzi
it was kinda easy... took me 15 secs to answer it
Nice One
I've been trying to make one like this and you beat me to it.
Come ON! The last word and tranzcen... what ever, they aren't even real words. Or their just spelled wrong.
Easy but clever
very good!!!!!!!
Aah! Good one. I thought of one or two possible answers but they were wrong and I didn't see the correct one.
ugly mike... hehehe, i like that name...
SKYE, transcendentalize is a word. can't say i've ever heard anyone use a word as awkward as incomprehensibleness, but it is a valid word meaning "the state of being incomprehensible".
SKYE, transcendentalize is a word. can't say i've ever heard anyone use a word as awkward as incomprehensibleness, but it is a valid word meaning "the state of being incomprehensible".
no SKYE, they're not spelt wrong, unlike 'their', just unusually compiled from shorter bases
OK, OK, I'm nit-picking, but the word is 'incomprehencibility'. Good idea tho ;>
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG WORDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jun 14, 2002
that was a very good one. i was thinking of all kinds of other things
Ai!! You people...
Incomprehensibleness is actually a word, AS WELL AS incomprehensibility. The suffix "-ness" is correct because that makes it into a noun, which is the correct format. "-ility" makes it into an adjective, which is the incorrect form of the word.
As for "transcendentalize", that is NOT a real verb. You cannot make the adjective "transcendental" into a verb merely on a whim. It isn't viable to make up your own words by adding a suffix onto another word. The academic world decides these things, and that is not a word yet. You could petition them to make it a word though, and in a few years you might be able to use it...
Incomprehensibleness is actually a word, AS WELL AS incomprehensibility. The suffix "-ness" is correct because that makes it into a noun, which is the correct format. "-ility" makes it into an adjective, which is the incorrect form of the word.
As for "transcendentalize", that is NOT a real verb. You cannot make the adjective "transcendental" into a verb merely on a whim. It isn't viable to make up your own words by adding a suffix onto another word. The academic world decides these things, and that is not a word yet. You could petition them to make it a word though, and in a few years you might be able to use it...
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they're all big words
really easy, though
Jul 09, 2002
I would've never guessed that one! Nice job!
if you don't concentrate on what you are reading then it's easy to figure but it must of taken some real effort to write! well done if it's your own work!! And would everyone stop complaining -- just cos u didn't manage it first(!) (don't b offended by that ne1)
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I first thought at a glance that it included every letter of the alphebet, and then i clicked on the answer button thingi and while it was loading i thought that mayb each word was one letter longer than the word b4 it. (no need 2 tell me i'm weird)
Really kool , but i saw it word for word on a website ages ago.
Very stimulating
as to the correctness of certain words, remember that UK and USA dictionaries vary. also remember that this is supposed to be FUN
i have a very long word:
monoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
monoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
it's even longer when you write in caps, see: MONOULTRAMICROSCOPICSILICOVOLCANOCONIOSIS.
and put a hyphen between each letter: M-O-N-O-U-L-T-R-A-M-I-C-R-O-S-C-O-P-I-C-S-I-L-I-C-O-V-O-L-C-A-N-O-C-O-N-I-O-S-I-S
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. is even longer.(hope its spelt correctly)
Apr 18, 2003
Not only was this a great one, but, as I work in a Dr. office, I can vouch for the fact that it's all true too!! A very very good one!!!
A very very good one!!!
The Longest Word
(For short, call it the “Tryptophan Synthetase A-Protein” )
1,913 LETTERS
Methionylglutaminylarginyl-
tyrosylglutamylserylleucylp-
henylalanylaianylglutaminyl-
ieucyllysylglutamylarginylly-
sylglutamylglycylalanylphe-
nylalanylvalylprolylphenylal-
anylyalyithreonylieucylgly-
cylaspartylprolylglycylisole-
ucylglutamylglutaminylsery-
lleucyllysylisoleucylasparty-
lthreonylleucylisoleucylglut-
amylalanylglycylalanylaspa-
rtylalanylleucyllutamylleucy-
lglycylisoleucylpro6dpheny-
lalanylserylaspartylprolylle-
uceialanylaspartylglycylpr-
olythreonylisoleucylglutam-
inylasparaginylalanylthreo-
nylleucylarginylalanylphen-
ylalanylalanylalanylglycylv-
alylthreonylprolylalanylglut-
aminylcysteinylphenylalany-
lglutamylmethionylleucyala-
nylleucylisoleucylarginylglu-
taminyllysylhistidylprolylthre-
onylisoleucylprolylisoleucy-
lglycylleucylleucylmethiony-
ltyrosylalanylasparaginylle-
ucylvalylphenylaianylaspa-
raginyllysylglycylisoleucyl-
aspartylglutamylphenylala-
nyltyrosylalanylglutaminyl-
cysteinylglutamyllysylvaly-
lglycylvalylaspartylserylva-
lylieucylvalylalanylaspartyl-
valylprolylvalylglutaminylgl-
utamylserylaianylprolylph-
enylalanylarginylglutaminy-
lalanylalanylleucylarginylh-
istidyla,sparaginylvalylala-
nylprolylisoleucylphenylal-
anylisoleucylcysteinylprol-
ylprolylaspartylalanylaspa-
rtylaspartylaspartylieucyll-
eucylarginylglutaminylisol-
eticylalanylseryltyrosylgly-
cylarginylglcyltyrosylthre-
onyltyrosylleucylceucyls-
erylarginylalanylglycylva-
lylthreonylglycyialanylglu-
tamylasparaginylarginyl-
anylalanylleucylprolylleu-
cylasparaginylhistidylleu-
cylvalylalanyllysylleucyll-
ysylglutamyltyrosylaspa-
raginylalanylalanylprolyl-
prolylleucylglutaminylgly-
cylphenylalanylglycyliso-
leucylserylalanylprolylas-
partylglutaminylvalyllysyl-
alanylaianylisoleucylaspa-
rtylaianylglycylalanylalan-
ylglycylalanylisoleucylser-
ylglycylserylalanylisoleuc-
ylbalyllysylisoleucylisole-
ucylglutamylglutaminylhi-
stidylasparaginylisoleucy-
lglutamylprolylglutamylly-
sylmethionylleucylalanyla-
lanylieucylisylvaphenylly-
alanylvalylglutaminylproly-
lmethionyllsylalanylalanyl-
threonylarginylserine.
(Now, someone had to be the jerk/hero to stop the "word" trivia) =)
(For short, call it the “Tryptophan Synthetase A-Protein” )
1,913 LETTERS
Methionylglutaminylarginyl-
tyrosylglutamylserylleucylp-
henylalanylaianylglutaminyl-
ieucyllysylglutamylarginylly-
sylglutamylglycylalanylphe-
nylalanylvalylprolylphenylal-
anylyalyithreonylieucylgly-
cylaspartylprolylglycylisole-
ucylglutamylglutaminylsery-
lleucyllysylisoleucylasparty-
lthreonylleucylisoleucylglut-
amylalanylglycylalanylaspa-
rtylalanylleucyllutamylleucy-
lglycylisoleucylpro6dpheny-
lalanylserylaspartylprolylle-
uceialanylaspartylglycylpr-
olythreonylisoleucylglutam-
inylasparaginylalanylthreo-
nylleucylarginylalanylphen-
ylalanylalanylalanylglycylv-
alylthreonylprolylalanylglut-
aminylcysteinylphenylalany-
lglutamylmethionylleucyala-
nylleucylisoleucylarginylglu-
taminyllysylhistidylprolylthre-
onylisoleucylprolylisoleucy-
lglycylleucylleucylmethiony-
ltyrosylalanylasparaginylle-
ucylvalylphenylaianylaspa-
raginyllysylglycylisoleucyl-
aspartylglutamylphenylala-
nyltyrosylalanylglutaminyl-
cysteinylglutamyllysylvaly-
lglycylvalylaspartylserylva-
lylieucylvalylalanylaspartyl-
valylprolylvalylglutaminylgl-
utamylserylaianylprolylph-
enylalanylarginylglutaminy-
lalanylalanylleucylarginylh-
istidyla,sparaginylvalylala-
nylprolylisoleucylphenylal-
anylisoleucylcysteinylprol-
ylprolylaspartylalanylaspa-
rtylaspartylaspartylieucyll-
eucylarginylglutaminylisol-
eticylalanylseryltyrosylgly-
cylarginylglcyltyrosylthre-
onyltyrosylleucylceucyls-
erylarginylalanylglycylva-
lylthreonylglycyialanylglu-
tamylasparaginylarginyl-
anylalanylleucylprolylleu-
cylasparaginylhistidylleu-
cylvalylalanyllysylleucyll-
ysylglutamyltyrosylaspa-
raginylalanylalanylprolyl-
prolylleucylglutaminylgly-
cylphenylalanylglycyliso-
leucylserylalanylprolylas-
partylglutaminylvalyllysyl-
alanylaianylisoleucylaspa-
rtylaianylglycylalanylalan-
ylglycylalanylisoleucylser-
ylglycylserylalanylisoleuc-
ylbalyllysylisoleucylisole-
ucylglutamylglutaminylhi-
stidylasparaginylisoleucy-
lglutamylprolylglutamylly-
sylmethionylleucylalanyla-
lanylieucylisylvaphenylly-
alanylvalylglutaminylproly-
lmethionyllsylalanylalanyl-
threonylarginylserine.
(Now, someone had to be the jerk/hero to stop the "word" trivia) =)
Apr 18, 2003
heh, I stopped after about the 9th or 10th word...big words give head big bad owies
good one i likes
good one i likes
Bet you can't say it Codammanus!
That was great! But does it really make sence? I barely know what any of the words mean.
All the same, it was quite easy, but fun. Definitely a favourite.
All the same, it was quite easy, but fun. Definitely a favourite.
Nice! Easy to solve, but I don't know what half the words mean. Scandalous. 
I can't believe I got it so quickly. I guess I'm just smart. It was sort of clever. Nice 1. 
this one was really easy, but it was a lot of fun thanks! this one was really easy, but it was a lot of fun thanks!
hard
I love loooong words, so thanks for this and, I actually 'got' it without looking at the hint! Definitely a favorite... I love loooong words, so thanks for this and, I actually 'got' it without looking at the hint! Definitely a favorite...
I also got it without looking at the hint, probably because there is no hint.
Wow!
That was a good one! At first I was mesmerized by the long words, but when I snapped out of it, it was pretty obvious. It did take me a minute though.
thats a good one
Apr 18, 2005
My first one not real tough!
that was clever good one
The peculiar thing about this sentence is that it is a grammatical train wreck, with the number of letters per word coming farther down the list of peculiarities. And if I'm not wrong, the second to last word has the same number of letters as the third to last if you put the apostrophe in the right place.
Very enjoyable! It is also missing the most frequently used word in the English language.
That was very easy, but equally cute.
I think the most frightening thing is that I actually understood the sentence.
*Feeling my CHEERIOS!*
I think the most frightening thing is that I actually understood the sentence.
*Feeling my CHEERIOS!*
Nice vocab usage! Very clever! I was looking for a grammatical issue.... Had all the parts of speech labled. :
Kinda interesting but not that funny. merely amusing.
merely amusing.
Hey about this one!! SUPERCALIFRACILISTISTICEXPEALADOCIOUS!!!!!!!!! The first long word I learned how to pronounce. Never heard od some of your words.
i thought this was great and the sentence even made sense nice job to the author
and the sentence even made sense nice job to the author
Creative! Very Good! Loved it! I like these!
Loved it! I like these!
The funny thing about that sentance is that its actually true. I liked that one.
Skye, if you cant even write out the words you think are spelled wrong, then you need to shut up. And anyways, there's a rule, and that's not to suggest any spelling or gramatical errors. I thought it was pretty good.
And anyways, there's a rule, and that's not to suggest any spelling or gramatical errors. I thought it was pretty good.
panagram?
Not bad, but this sentence also has every letter in the alphabet EXCEPT 'J' Not sure if the author realized this..... FYI
That was very fun to figure out. Please make more!
Very clever teaser. I was fully able to read and understand all of the words, however I did not understand what was peculiar. Very nice!
that confused me
you need to add the vote
STUPID
STUPID
Nice didnt take ling for me to get it but yeah i liked it
omg... i spent ALL this time lookin up these dang words in the dictionary... and then it was about the length of the words!! ... o well it was fun
... o well it was fun
I actually got it! Really liked it-Clever!
Really liked it-Clever!
transcendentalizes is not a real word. Already looked it up in the dictonary it gave words close to it but not that word.
One more thing I like to say that this got alot of comments, so like it or hate it it got people going, way to go!
Apr 18, 2005
I am the only smart person (amongst visitors) similarly responding.
Apr 18, 2005
I am the only smart person (amongst visitors) similarly responding.
It reqires a lot of thinking (and counting) but once you get the pattern in the first few words, it sticks and you can then figure it out!
Very easy..predictable. I didnt even have to count the letters, i knew right away. clever though.. i could never come up with stuff like that on my own.
Ah, man, I should have seen that. I thought it might have every letter of the alphabet, and I was focusing on that.
It was so easy I knew it once I read it!!I guess I am so smart.
i thought it was a pangram too at first. but iread through it more carefully and saw it didnt have a j. my friend needed to help me get the right answer!!
Oookaaaay!!! Now I got it. Sheesh, U got some vocab!
Now I got it. Sheesh, U got some vocab!
wow. they puzzle was easy... but the words? what is trancdeihgskljgsdite or whatever???
still fun though.
still fun though.
It's nice to see the 'mathemagic' puzzle again, as well someone who uses a thesaurus.
BU MING BAI!!!
Irritatingly, I got it wrong. I had surmised that it was unusual because it contained no pronouns. But then, AFTER I checked the answer, I saw the I at the beginning! ooppps. :-)
very hard, but maybe my brain isn't working at 4 in the A.M. I thought some of the words were wrong, but I'm too tired to look them all up. Keep challenging me.
Excellent!
Double excellent. A veritable plethora of lengthy words.
Very clever...
Keep up the good work (because I'll never be able to write a sentence like that!).
Keep up the good work (because I'll never be able to write a sentence like that!).
Very nice. New words are being added to our language every day. The academic world merely notes words that fall into common usage or ones they create for new thoughts, things or events. We don't need their approval to use new words that make sense, or that we just like.
WOW! I did not have time to count it! Very cclever!
I had no clue, what a super teaser.
Very good. One should look beyond the obvious
Good one! But I can't believe how picky some of these comments are!!!!!!!! Get a life!
That was a good one!
I do see some value within complex problems producing thoughtful, intelligent conversation.
Good job!
Good job!
Iliked this ,but i did not get it Loved the sentence, how true.
,but i did not get it Loved the sentence, how true.
My first thought was, "what isn't peculiar about this sentence?" - loved the answer, and of course, I didn't get it!
In response to DrCreamy, who wrote, "And if I'm not wrong, the second to last word has the same number of letters as the third to last if you put the apostrophe in the right place." You ARE wrong. The sentence refers to the incomprehensibleness of the intercommunications (plural), not just one intercommunication.
Leave the poor apostrophe where it is - it's rare enough that they're put in the right place, without people moving correctly placed ones about!
Then again, I would suggest that the number of letters in a word would include apostrophe-S anyway, so it's an academic discussion.
Leave the poor apostrophe where it is - it's rare enough that they're put in the right place, without people moving correctly placed ones about!
Then again, I would suggest that the number of letters in a word would include apostrophe-S anyway, so it's an academic discussion.
WW! GD one!!!
W! GD one!!! Loved it. And I did get the answer fairly quickly. I just read the sentence and the words just kept getting longer and longer and so I went back to read it again, but started counting letters in each word got to about five and decided that it was simply a matter of adding one more letter each word. However, you did such a great job of splicing it all together so I say. GREAT JOB!
sk8babe is right everyone needsto stop complaining just because you guys weren't smart enough to think of it . good job
wowie... I understood 85 percent of that... but APPARENTLY that wasn't the point ... Well, despite my simple mind I did comprehend the answer *smacks self in head*... doncha h8 when that happens ....
... Well, despite my simple mind I did comprehend the answer *smacks self in head*... doncha h8 when that happens ....
Cool! I love words!
Really good and really easy at the same time!
Someone named the longest word, but in English, the longest is actually pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. Yup, you guessed ut, too much time on my hands over the summer...
Someone named the longest word, but in English, the longest is actually pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. Yup, you guessed ut, too much time on my hands over the summer...
So...many...long....words...
Great one Had no CLUE.
Had no CLUE.
A very good one to be brought out, dusted off, and shared with us relative newcomers. My vote made it go from 2.99 to 3!
excellent!
Ouch, head ache. Ouch *big words*. COOL TEASER!
Good, but I know you didn't write that yourself. I've seen that one posted around the internet a couple months ago.
Good, but I know you didn't write that yourself. I've seen that one posted around the internet a couple months ago.
hey, th@ was nys... yay u...
haha...
good job!
haha...
good job!
Dude, that was hard. My brain is fried!
I only read the first three or four words before I got it. Very easy, but clever! And, oddly, if you know the meanings of the words, the sentence makes sense! Very well written. I commend you.
Stupid me! Didnt get it!
Easy to figure out but had to be tremendously burdensome andarduous to compose!!!
by the way all...it is a word...
tran·scen·den·tal (trnsn-dntl)
adj.
1. Philosophy
a. Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge as independent of experience.
b. Asserting a fundamental irrationality or supernatural element in experience.
transcen·dental·ly adv.
by the way all...it is a word...
tran·scen·den·tal (trnsn-dntl)
adj.
1. Philosophy
a. Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge as independent of experience.
b. Asserting a fundamental irrationality or supernatural element in experience.
transcen·dental·ly adv.
You got me! I was so focused on the fact that the sentence was all true that I couldn't see the "peculiar" about it. Nice job writing this if it was your own work. Thanks for a fun morning even it it wasn't.
Good work and a lot of it too I expect.
I'd say there's a few tings that are "peculiar" about this sentence!!
I'd say there's a few tings that are "peculiar" about this sentence!!
This teaser wasn't one of my favourites but it was good.
DufusX...you may have seen in a couple of months ago because it was posted Mar 2002 and these things tend to get passed around alot.
DufusX...you may have seen in a couple of months ago because it was posted Mar 2002 and these things tend to get passed around alot.
Welllll, I definitely didn't get the answer, but I must say, that the three times I read it over, it had every single letter in the alphabet except for 'J'. So I found that peculiar!
Excellent!
Wow, who'da thunk it was all about numbers. I'm reeaally bad with the teasers and today was no exception. Fun anyway.
I got it this time around. Must be I'm beginning to understand how to figure out teasers, because I sure didn't remember this one from last year.Still a great teaser.
Yea thats a GREAT !!! one
that was a very nice teaser..very well thought out and well written. :
Very cleverly written. Loved it!
I struggled with this one but didn't get it anyway Was on the right track with most words over so many letters long.
GOOD ONE !! 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 etc.
Was on the right track with most words over so many letters long. GOOD ONE !! 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 etc.
A very good teaser! Had me going for a while!
Thats great keep the coming
I know we are focused on the looooong words, but the clue said: what is peculiar about this sentence? I got caught up in the grammar and punctuation rules....I first thought it was a run-on sentence and then thought it was an incomplete sentence after I read it again.....
yeah - really long words I guess......duuuuh.....
yeah - really long words I guess......duuuuh.....
a well derived sentence; however I agree that "transcendentalizes" may be a coined word
May 15, 2007
Wow very intresting quite a good fun.I love it
quite a good fun.I love it
Oh I loved it, that was amazing!
It doesn't matter if "transcendentalizes" is or isn't a coined word -- it's still a word. (And coining words by attaching the stem of the classical Greek verb idzo to the end of a noun or adjective is common in English -- "journalize" or "normalize," for example.)
I should have taken more time and I may have gotten it. I got hung up the grammar too. Good one.
I got hung uup in actually reading it. Then I started looking to see if a vowel had been left out of each word, and then I analyzed it to see if all the parts of speech were represented. I never did get to looking at it simply enough. LOL
Good one. I liked it!
Good one. I liked it!
I got it right away but it sure is a mouthful!
nice but a little chancy. try to make sure they are all words first.
I'm with Bradon, I got it easily, but I sure didn't remember it from last year. And I had a hard time with it last year. Maybe something got lodged in my little pea brain, and came out today. Lots of thinking to come up with a teaser this complex.....Kudos to you, and thanks.
Fun teaser! I originally thought it was another one of those "no letter e - most common letter" things, but it wasn't! Great one!
and I actually counted some of the words to see if they all had the same amount of letters..and still didn't get it! good one
good one
Why did everyone say that it was easy? I thought it was hard.
I guess I didn't think about that too hard. But that was so smart.
great job!
I guess I didn't think about that too hard. But that was so smart.
great job!
Woah.
kewl,,,,
Fabulous!!!
so many syllables!
the words are to big. it confuses me
A good teaser that took some time to put together I bet.
that was easy for me keep them coming
Fun to read through. Thank you!
Nice! I found it easy, and got a chuckle about the meaning of the sentence too.
Incidentally, to those people arguing about whether something is or isn't a word, check out this definition of 'word':
a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.
I found the meaning of these words was clear, because I understood the roots, and I also know how words are converted to other tenses. Thus, these are all perfectly legitimate words.
Incidentally, to those people arguing about whether something is or isn't a word, check out this definition of 'word':
a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning.
I found the meaning of these words was clear, because I understood the roots, and I also know how words are converted to other tenses. Thus, these are all perfectly legitimate words.
that was amazing
Very well done. This was easy to figure out (took me about a minute, I just ran through a list of possibilities) but very cleverly written and must have taken a lot of work. kudos!
I figured it out
I thought it was extremely clever. For all you people who say you've seen it before, perhaps so, but it doesn't diminish the whole idea! Good one!!
I thought it was extremely clever.
For all you people who say you've seen it before, perhaps so, but it doesn't diminish the whole idea! Good one!!
Extremely pedantic of you! But I didn't get it Great job!
But I didn't get it Great job!
Great teaser!!! I did figure it out quick, but it was inventive and I liked it. Sorry to say, however, that trancendentalizes really isn't a word.
Fun - sounds like something a politician would say.
For those who claim that transcendentalize is not a word, try goggling it - the online dictionaries give it a definition, so I would assume that it is therefore a word!
Good Teaser!
Good Teaser!
i liked this one. would have been harder if you stopped at "handwriting" since the solution became very obvious after that... good though
good though
Excellent teaser!
that was so obvious!!!!!!!!! i knew it right away, like, like, RIGHT away. i knew it when, like, the words were, like, i do not like, or whatever, but i like got it right away. and isn't it, like, obvious that the words got, like, longer? they can't have, like, gotten shorter!
wtf..johnny? please tell me you are not seriously using 'like' that much in written communication.. 'u look old bcs young ppl wudnt botha' (sic)... please refrain it hurts my head.. we are all better than that here at braingle..
Not a clue . . .
Strange, but it fame to me right away! Clever!
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for posting!
Oh man, it is way too early in the morning for me. This gave me a headache. I am going back to bed.
I used to work at a pharmacy and really most doctor's hand writing is not that hard to read. I think the "average' person has trouble with it for 2 reasons:
1) You try to make sense of the letters and recognise a valid word, but unless you are familiar with the drug's name (not the trademarked name) you likely have never seen many of the words before and therefore cannot decipher what it says.
2) Though this is starting to change as Doc's change with some doctors, traditionally scripts were written using Latin abbreviations:
ii T po TID PC and HS PRN are valid dosing instructions on a script.
It just seems like a bunch of nonsense unless you know how to read it so it would make deciphering it more difficult.
*And as one who has horrible penmanship I maintain
"The legibility on ones handwriting is inversely proportional to one's level of intelligence."
1) You try to make sense of the letters and recognise a valid word, but unless you are familiar with the drug's name (not the trademarked name) you likely have never seen many of the words before and therefore cannot decipher what it says.
2) Though this is starting to change as Doc's change with some doctors, traditionally scripts were written using Latin abbreviations:
ii T po TID PC and HS PRN are valid dosing instructions on a script.
It just seems like a bunch of nonsense unless you know how to read it so it would make deciphering it more difficult.
*And as one who has horrible penmanship I maintain
"The legibility on ones handwriting is inversely proportional to one's level of intelligence."
very simple, but fun
Spectacular teaser, I love how it actually makes a lot of sense! I easily figured out the answer, but at first I thought it was just going to be a nonsensical sentence, being much easier to construct in this case than a meaningful one. But then I really read through it, and it's a completely sensible and logical thought. Great work!
Great teaser, lots of hard work to put this one together.
I am not even going to comment. I do not even have the right words for it!
Easy teasy, but incredibly clever. This goes in my "fun stuff" folder to save for posterity.
I love that there were people that took the time to count each word to make sure this was true - and then complained about it in the comments.
Anyways - I thought this was brilliant! Nice job
Anyways - I thought this was brilliant! Nice job
Well done.. and the sentence makes some sense.
This was a great teaser. Took awhile, but then it dawned on me.
Fun and entertaining teaser; I got it very quickly.
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