You really don't want to learn this language
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This language is written, very rarely (maybe never) spoken. In fact, it would be difficult to pronounce!
Still, it's a common language. In fact, you've probably come across it here (puzzling.SE) often!
But, hardly anybody (maybe nobody) learns this language. In fact, you wouldn't want to learn it, that defeats its purpose!
What am I talking about?
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This language is written, very rarely (maybe never) spoken. In fact, it would be difficult to pronounce!
Still, it's a common language. In fact, you've probably come across it here (puzzling.SE) often!
But, hardly anybody (maybe nobody) learns this language. In fact, you wouldn't want to learn it, that defeats its purpose!
What am I talking about?
riddle
asked 2 hours ago
deep thought
1,939523
I think you underestimate the capabilities of the brain and the determination of some people. I have seen the claim by some that they could read this language on the fly. I find the claim believable.
– Ross Millikan
43 mins ago
@RossMillikan No I can believe it! My draft had 'never' and 'nobody' ... but then I thought ... better put 'very rarely' and 'hardly anybody' because there's probably That Guy ... :-)
– deep thought
36 mins ago
Some of the stage calculators were reputed to know the multiplication table up to $100 times 100$, which is a lot of facts. If you read a lot of this language you will learn the most common tens of English words by sight. You can then work out others quickly with practice. I know many of the letter correspondences but cannot form words from them easily.
– Ross Millikan
26 mins ago
@RossMillikan I don't doubt that you can! But unlike 100x100, you might actually have a reason to avoid learning (or unlearn) this
– deep thought
18 mins ago
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This language is written, very rarely (maybe never) spoken. In fact, it would be difficult to pronounce!
Still, it's a common language. In fact, you've probably come across it here (puzzling.SE) often!
But, hardly anybody (maybe nobody) learns this language. In fact, you wouldn't want to learn it, that defeats its purpose!
What am I talking about?
riddle
asked 2 hours ago
deep thought
1,939523
This language is written, very rarely (maybe never) spoken. In fact, it would be difficult to pronounce!
Still, it's a common language. In fact, you've probably come across it here (puzzling.SE) often!
But, hardly anybody (maybe nobody) learns this language. In fact, you wouldn't want to learn it, that defeats its purpose!
What am I talking about?
riddle
riddle
asked 2 hours ago
deep thought
1,939523
asked 2 hours ago
deep thought
1,939523
asked 2 hours ago
deep thought
1,939523
asked 2 hours ago
deep thought
1,939523
asked 2 hours ago
deep thought
1,939523
1,939523
I think you underestimate the capabilities of the brain and the determination of some people. I have seen the claim by some that they could read this language on the fly. I find the claim believable.
– Ross Millikan
43 mins ago
@RossMillikan No I can believe it! My draft had 'never' and 'nobody' ... but then I thought ... better put 'very rarely' and 'hardly anybody' because there's probably That Guy ... :-)
– deep thought
36 mins ago
Some of the stage calculators were reputed to know the multiplication table up to $100 times 100$, which is a lot of facts. If you read a lot of this language you will learn the most common tens of English words by sight. You can then work out others quickly with practice. I know many of the letter correspondences but cannot form words from them easily.
– Ross Millikan
26 mins ago
@RossMillikan I don't doubt that you can! But unlike 100x100, you might actually have a reason to avoid learning (or unlearn) this
– deep thought
18 mins ago
add a comment |
I think you underestimate the capabilities of the brain and the determination of some people. I have seen the claim by some that they could read this language on the fly. I find the claim believable.
– Ross Millikan
43 mins ago
@RossMillikan No I can believe it! My draft had 'never' and 'nobody' ... but then I thought ... better put 'very rarely' and 'hardly anybody' because there's probably That Guy ... :-)
– deep thought
36 mins ago
Some of the stage calculators were reputed to know the multiplication table up to $100 times 100$, which is a lot of facts. If you read a lot of this language you will learn the most common tens of English words by sight. You can then work out others quickly with practice. I know many of the letter correspondences but cannot form words from them easily.
– Ross Millikan
26 mins ago
@RossMillikan I don't doubt that you can! But unlike 100x100, you might actually have a reason to avoid learning (or unlearn) this
– deep thought
18 mins ago
I think you underestimate the capabilities of the brain and the determination of some people. I have seen the claim by some that they could read this language on the fly. I find the claim believable.
– Ross Millikan
43 mins ago
I think you underestimate the capabilities of the brain and the determination of some people. I have seen the claim by some that they could read this language on the fly. I find the claim believable.
– Ross Millikan
43 mins ago
@RossMillikan No I can believe it! My draft had 'never' and 'nobody' ... but then I thought ... better put 'very rarely' and 'hardly anybody' because there's probably That Guy ... :-)
– deep thought
36 mins ago
@RossMillikan No I can believe it! My draft had 'never' and 'nobody' ... but then I thought ... better put 'very rarely' and 'hardly anybody' because there's probably That Guy ... :-)
– deep thought
36 mins ago
Some of the stage calculators were reputed to know the multiplication table up to $100 times 100$, which is a lot of facts. If you read a lot of this language you will learn the most common tens of English words by sight. You can then work out others quickly with practice. I know many of the letter correspondences but cannot form words from them easily.
– Ross Millikan
26 mins ago
Some of the stage calculators were reputed to know the multiplication table up to $100 times 100$, which is a lot of facts. If you read a lot of this language you will learn the most common tens of English words by sight. You can then work out others quickly with practice. I know many of the letter correspondences but cannot form words from them easily.
– Ross Millikan
26 mins ago
@RossMillikan I don't doubt that you can! But unlike 100x100, you might actually have a reason to avoid learning (or unlearn) this
– deep thought
18 mins ago
@RossMillikan I don't doubt that you can! But unlike 100x100, you might actually have a reason to avoid learning (or unlearn) this
– deep thought
18 mins ago
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say...
although not technically a "language" per se, ROT13, mainly because it fits the clues well.
This language is written, very rarely (maybe never) spoken. In fact, it would be difficult to pronounce!
rot13 is often written down, but it is never communicated verbally as it is very rare that something encoded with rot13 is remotely pronounceable.
Still, it's a common language. In fact, you've probably come across it here (puzzling.SE) often!
rot13 is commonly used for basic encryption and can be found all over puzzling.SE to encode spoilers in comments.
But, hardly anybody (maybe nobody) learns this language. In fact, learning it defeats its purpose!
No one can usually "read" rot13 simply by looking at it, they usually go through an online decoder. "Learning" to read rot13 would defeat its' main purpose, since it exists to hide spoilers.
answered 2 hours ago
Hugh
1,189514
Well that didn't take long :-) Well done.
– deep thought
2 hours ago
@deepthought I'm surprised that was right! I loved the riddle since it was nice and easy, and had a connection to PSE.
– Hugh
1 hour ago
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
I'm going to go out on a limb and say...
although not technically a "language" per se, ROT13, mainly because it fits the clues well.
This language is written, very rarely (maybe never) spoken. In fact, it would be difficult to pronounce!
rot13 is often written down, but it is never communicated verbally as it is very rare that something encoded with rot13 is remotely pronounceable.
Still, it's a common language. In fact, you've probably come across it here (puzzling.SE) often!
rot13 is commonly used for basic encryption and can be found all over puzzling.SE to encode spoilers in comments.
But, hardly anybody (maybe nobody) learns this language. In fact, learning it defeats its purpose!
No one can usually "read" rot13 simply by looking at it, they usually go through an online decoder. "Learning" to read rot13 would defeat its' main purpose, since it exists to hide spoilers.
answered 2 hours ago
Hugh
1,189514
Well that didn't take long :-) Well done.
– deep thought
2 hours ago
@deepthought I'm surprised that was right! I loved the riddle since it was nice and easy, and had a connection to PSE.
– Hugh
1 hour ago
add a comment |
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
I'm going to go out on a limb and say...
although not technically a "language" per se, ROT13, mainly because it fits the clues well.
This language is written, very rarely (maybe never) spoken. In fact, it would be difficult to pronounce!
rot13 is often written down, but it is never communicated verbally as it is very rare that something encoded with rot13 is remotely pronounceable.
Still, it's a common language. In fact, you've probably come across it here (puzzling.SE) often!
rot13 is commonly used for basic encryption and can be found all over puzzling.SE to encode spoilers in comments.
But, hardly anybody (maybe nobody) learns this language. In fact, learning it defeats its purpose!
No one can usually "read" rot13 simply by looking at it, they usually go through an online decoder. "Learning" to read rot13 would defeat its' main purpose, since it exists to hide spoilers.
answered 2 hours ago
Hugh
1,189514
Well that didn't take long :-) Well done.
– deep thought
2 hours ago
@deepthought I'm surprised that was right! I loved the riddle since it was nice and easy, and had a connection to PSE.
– Hugh
1 hour ago
add a comment |
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
I'm going to go out on a limb and say...
although not technically a "language" per se, ROT13, mainly because it fits the clues well.
This language is written, very rarely (maybe never) spoken. In fact, it would be difficult to pronounce!
rot13 is often written down, but it is never communicated verbally as it is very rare that something encoded with rot13 is remotely pronounceable.
Still, it's a common language. In fact, you've probably come across it here (puzzling.SE) often!
rot13 is commonly used for basic encryption and can be found all over puzzling.SE to encode spoilers in comments.
But, hardly anybody (maybe nobody) learns this language. In fact, learning it defeats its purpose!
No one can usually "read" rot13 simply by looking at it, they usually go through an online decoder. "Learning" to read rot13 would defeat its' main purpose, since it exists to hide spoilers.
answered 2 hours ago
Hugh
1,189514
I'm going to go out on a limb and say...
although not technically a "language" per se, ROT13, mainly because it fits the clues well.
This language is written, very rarely (maybe never) spoken. In fact, it would be difficult to pronounce!
rot13 is often written down, but it is never communicated verbally as it is very rare that something encoded with rot13 is remotely pronounceable.
Still, it's a common language. In fact, you've probably come across it here (puzzling.SE) often!
rot13 is commonly used for basic encryption and can be found all over puzzling.SE to encode spoilers in comments.
But, hardly anybody (maybe nobody) learns this language. In fact, learning it defeats its purpose!
No one can usually "read" rot13 simply by looking at it, they usually go through an online decoder. "Learning" to read rot13 would defeat its' main purpose, since it exists to hide spoilers.
answered 2 hours ago
Hugh
1,189514
answered 2 hours ago
Hugh
1,189514
answered 2 hours ago
Hugh
1,189514
answered 2 hours ago
Hugh
1,189514
1,189514
Well that didn't take long :-) Well done.
– deep thought
2 hours ago
@deepthought I'm surprised that was right! I loved the riddle since it was nice and easy, and had a connection to PSE.
– Hugh
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Well that didn't take long :-) Well done.
– deep thought
2 hours ago
@deepthought I'm surprised that was right! I loved the riddle since it was nice and easy, and had a connection to PSE.
– Hugh
1 hour ago
Well that didn't take long :-) Well done.
– deep thought
2 hours ago
Well that didn't take long :-) Well done.
– deep thought
2 hours ago
@deepthought I'm surprised that was right! I loved the riddle since it was nice and easy, and had a connection to PSE.
– Hugh
1 hour ago
@deepthought I'm surprised that was right! I loved the riddle since it was nice and easy, and had a connection to PSE.
– Hugh
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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I think you underestimate the capabilities of the brain and the determination of some people. I have seen the claim by some that they could read this language on the fly. I find the claim believable.
– Ross Millikan
43 mins ago
@RossMillikan No I can believe it! My draft had 'never' and 'nobody' ... but then I thought ... better put 'very rarely' and 'hardly anybody' because there's probably That Guy ... :-)
– deep thought
36 mins ago
Some of the stage calculators were reputed to know the multiplication table up to $100 times 100$, which is a lot of facts. If you read a lot of this language you will learn the most common tens of English words by sight. You can then work out others quickly with practice. I know many of the letter correspondences but cannot form words from them easily.
– Ross Millikan
26 mins ago
@RossMillikan I don't doubt that you can! But unlike 100x100, you might actually have a reason to avoid learning (or unlearn) this
– deep thought
18 mins ago