An Experiment in Dictation

Submitted by Anna on Mon, 03/07/2011 - 23:00

parenthesis or comma space capital an space capital experiment space in space capital dictation parenthesis


quotation mark capital it apostrophe s space really space italics very space unitalics easy comma quotation mark the space girl space at space the space computer space said period quotation mark capital to space decode space my space message comma space simply space dictate space the space text space to space someone space who space can space write hyphen hyphen and space who space preferably space has space high space tolerance space for space bother period quotation mark


asterisk caps lock whew exclamation point asterisk
 

Author's age when written
15
Genre
Essay
Tags
experiment
weird
tiresome
tricky
dictation
exercise

Comments

Mary

Wed, 03/09/2011 - 00:27

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This was hilarious!

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Brother: Your character should drive a motorcycle.
Me: He can't. He's in the wilderness.
Brother: Then make it a four-wheel-drive motorcycle!

Elizabeth

Wed, 03/09/2011 - 16:10

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This was fabulous! I had to read the beginning twice to be able to decode it! This was very clever and enjoyable!

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The Holy Spirit is the quiet guest of our soul." -St. Augustine

Anna

Wed, 03/09/2011 - 21:22

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It was a royal pain to write, which is why it isn't very elaborate, but I just had to do it. :) I'm glad it's appreciated.

I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. --The Book Thief

Heather

Sat, 03/12/2011 - 23:16

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 LOL Anna. Quite clever!

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And now our hearts will beat in time/You say I am yours and you are mine...
Michelle Tumes, "There Goes My Love"

James

Thu, 03/31/2011 - 19:33

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This is what I came up with:

(or, An Experiment in Dictation)

“Missingword’sreally very easy,”the girl at the computer said.“To decode my message, simply dictate the text to someone who can write—and who preferably has high tolerance for bother.”

*WHEW!*

Having a high tolerance for bother myself, I decided to roll with the punches and fill in the missing word and spaces:

“It’s really very easy,” the girl at the computer said. “To decode my message, simply dictate the text to someone who can write—and who preferably has a high tolerance for bother.”

(Incidently, you left the caps lock on)

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"The idea that we should approach science without a philosophy is itself a philosophy... and a bad one, because it is self-refuting." -- Dr. Jason Lisle

Anna

Thu, 03/31/2011 - 20:40

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I figured you'd like this one.

So I've corrected my mistakes... I think. yes, I did leave the caps lock on. that's not a mistake. and now i'm not using any in a soul of rebellion.

I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right. --The Book Thief