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**gcn_zelda** · 05-04-2005

I counted 3

People learn to read when they're 6-7?

I could speed read and comprehend by the time I was four...

**major_small** · 05-04-2005

Originally Posted by gcn_zelda

I counted 3

People learn to read when they're 6-7?

I could speed read and comprehend by the time I was four...

at least where I live kindergarden (the first real grade) begins at age 5, where you're taught learn the basics: the alphabet, colors, shapes, etc...

I counted 3 and I wasn't even reading it... I was scanning the letters only... I also think it has to do with the f/v thing, because I didn't even see the of's... even when I knew there was supposed to be six...

**sand_man** · 05-04-2005

I counted 0 because I just can't read.

**jverkoey** · 05-04-2005

That's sad.

Really sad.

**prog-bman** · 05-05-2005

wait if you can't read how do you know what you are posting or what keys you are pressing

**Felix** · 05-05-2005

Originally Posted by prog-bman

wait if you can't read how do you know what you are posting or what keys you are pressing

It's the theory of probablity or whatever; put 1 million monkey behind typemachines and eventually they type out a shakespeare play. Same here.

**~~nickname_changed~~** · 05-05-2005

I heard children from asian countries (especially Japan) find the first few years at school very easy as far as maths goes because their counting system goes
"zero one two three four five six seven eight nine"
then
"one-zero one-one one-two"...
ie, they only have to remember the first 10 numbers, while us English speakers have the first 10, then we get into "teens", then "twenties", then "hundreds" etc etc.

Can anyone from these countries or who speaks these languages confirm it?

**vasanth** · 05-06-2005

Originally Posted by stovellp

I heard children from asian countries (especially Japan) find the first few years at school very easy as far as maths goes because their counting system goes
"zero one two three four five six seven eight nine"
then
"one-zero one-one one-two"...
ie, they only have to remember the first 10 numbers, while us English speakers have the first 10, then we get into "teens", then "twenties", then "hundreds" etc etc.

Can anyone from these countries or who speaks these languages confirm it?

yep you are some what correct...

And for ppl who dont know me.. I left this board some time back.. Decided to come back now..

**axon** · 05-06-2005

Originally Posted by vasanth

yep you are some what correct...

And for ppl who dont know me.. I left this board some time back.. Decided to come back now..

as rod predicted...or someone.

**Dante Shamest** · 05-06-2005

Originally Posted by stovellp

I heard children from asian countries (especially Japan) find the first few years at school very easy as far as maths goes because their counting system goes
"zero one two three four five six seven eight nine"
then
"one-zero one-one one-two"...
ie, they only have to remember the first 10 numbers, while us English speakers have the first 10, then we get into "teens", then "twenties", then "hundreds" etc etc.

Can anyone from these countries or who speaks these languages confirm it?

Not sure about Japanese, but what you say is true for Mandarin Chinese.

**Lurker** · 05-12-2005

One reason besides the sound differences in of might be the fact that quite a few languages get by without a word filling the space of "of" at all - it is a case, like in Latin.

Originally Posted by stovellp

I heard children from asian countries (especially Japan) find the first few years at school very easy as far as maths goes because their counting system goes
"zero one two three four five six seven eight nine"
then
"one-zero one-one one-two"...
ie, they only have to remember the first 10 numbers, while us English speakers have the first 10, then we get into "teens", then "twenties", then "hundreds" etc etc.

Can anyone from these countries or who speaks these languages confirm it?

Languages have many different ways of counting numbers. Japanese's system is essentially 0-10, then 10+1, 10+2 etc. At 20, it is (2 x 10), (2 x 10 + 1), etc. This pattern is continued for a while. This is because Japanese borrowed from Chinese.

My favorite (and the most complex IMHO) is in Nimbia, a dialect of Gwandara spoken in Nigeria. It is a duodecimal system, so it goes from 1-12 and then gets more complex. It goes 12 + 1, 12 + 2, until 24, which is (12 x 2), then (12 x 2 + 1), etc. 70 is "gume biyar ni gwom" (12 x 5 + 10). This continues up to 144 ("wo"), or "12 squared".

Hindi is similar to our counting system up to 100. I don't want to spend time going into it now, but here's an example:

baaruh karor chauntees lakh chhuppun hazar saat sau nuwaasee
12 × 10000000 + 34 × 100000 + 56 × 1000 + 7 × 100 + 89

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**Brain Cell** · 05-05-2005

i found 12 F's the first time. Am i abnormal?

nah , just 3.

**Perspective** · 05-05-2005

i dont think its because of the phones. I counted three by scanning letters, not reading. I think it has something to do with all of the 'f's that you count come at the begging of a word or line. The 'f's in "of" come at the end of a word. Maybe that makes them more likely to be skipped? :dunno:

**Welshy** · 05-05-2005

Those things are cool, it took me five or so attempts to count all six, lol

**MadCow257** · 05-05-2005

i dont think its because of the phones. I counted three by scanning letters, not reading. I think it has something to do with all of the 'f's that you count come at the begging of a word or line. The 'f's in "of" come at the end of a word. Maybe that makes them more likely to be skipped? :dunno:

I agree, I went letter by letter and got three anyway.

Does way the text wraps matter?