"Fake English and plausible words" , posted Mon 14 Dec 08:54
So this addition to Scrabble got made recently, and it's very amusing: BLABRECS
It uses a really simple Markov chain system (the kind that Mark V Shaney was made with) to derive a general metric for "fake words", where any word that IS found in the real dictionary is considered an invalid word.
But here's a thing I wonder about: to people who are not native English speakers, do they have different conceptions or perceptions about what are likely English words? Say if one person's foundation is built on a Latin-derivative vs another person's whose foundation is built on something entirely else.
"Re(1):Fake English and plausible words" , posted Mon 14 Dec 11:25
My brain hurts just thinking about this. Depending on the AI training set it could be very interesting. Imagine if the AI was trained on spelling norms from a hundred years ago?
It kind of reminds me of playing Mojipittan and placing a 'letter' thinking "this has to be a word, right?" Usually it wasn't.
"Re(1):Fake English and plausible words" , posted Mon 14 Dec 17:04
quote: But here's a thing I wonder about: to people who are not native English speakers, do they have different conceptions or perceptions about what are likely English words? Say if one person's foundation is built on a Latin-derivative vs another person's whose foundation is built on something entirely else.
I am not sure if this reply to your question, but years ago someone composed this song. Wikipedia entry: "The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent, designed to be "Bob Dylan-esque"; however, the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish with the exception of the words 'all right'".
"Re(2):Fake English and plausible words" , posted Tue 15 Dec 01:38
quote:I am not sure if this reply to your question, but years ago someone composed this song. Wikipedia entry: "The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent, designed to be "Bob Dylan-esque"; however, the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish with the exception of the words 'all right'".
Two things that popped into my mind soon as I saw that link:
1/ What a coincedence, another MMCafe member just happened to Line me about that! 2/ Ok and I'm seeing Youtube placing James Brown next on that list
"Re(3):Fake English and plausible words" , posted Tue 15 Dec 02:21
Only partially related, but this is a good chance for a public reminder that one of the Cafe's many important unofficial mottos is still "this is true love/tuna with bacon." I actually learned that for the first time from the Professor!
"Re(2):Fake English and plausible words" , posted Tue 15 Dec 02:55
quote: But here's a thing I wonder about: to people who are not native English speakers, do they have different conceptions or perceptions about what are likely English words? Say if one person's foundation is built on a Latin-derivative vs another person's whose foundation is built on something entirely else.
I am not sure if this reply to your question, but years ago someone composed this song. Wikipedia entry: "The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent, designed to be "Bob Dylan-esque"; however, the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish with the exception of the words 'all right'".
I do know about that song, and I'm glad you brought it up! It's interesting in that lots of popular songs in the past have had nonsense lyrics that are identifiably nonsense, as opposed to nonsense lyrics that are intended to be unidentifiably nonsense.
More recently, this was made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU2wkD-gbzI
"Fake English and plausible words" , posted Mon 14 Dec 08:54
