Words that look odder and odder the more you look at or say them

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London.

― N. (nickdastoor), Monday, 21 October 2002 17:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Ribena. Ribena. Ribena, Ribena, Ribena.

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 21 October 2002 17:16 (twenty-three years ago)

syrupy
syrupy
syrupy

― donna (donna), Monday, 21 October 2002 18:46 (twenty-three years ago)

surely you mean LondON, que non?

― kate, Monday, 21 October 2002 18:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Candyman Candyman Candy--urk!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 21 October 2002 18:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Foghat

― Arthur (Arthur), Monday, 21 October 2002 19:16 (twenty-three years ago)

toast
toast
toast
toast

― C J (C J), Monday, 21 October 2002 19:16 (twenty-three years ago)

from from from from from

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 21 October 2002 19:18 (twenty-three years ago)

people
people
people

― Alfie (Alfie), Monday, 21 October 2002 19:33 (twenty-three years ago)

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― Yo quiero! (Dan Perry), Monday, 21 October 2002 19:34 (twenty-three years ago)

mice. mice. mice.
aesthetics (had to write it a million times today in an lecture about, oddly enough, aesthetics).
Plough.

― Madeleine (Madeleine), Monday, 21 October 2002 21:01 (twenty-three years ago)

plow looks odd as soon as a look at it and almost as soon as I say it.

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 21 October 2002 21:04 (twenty-three years ago)

All words look at odd if you look at them often enough.

― Ally C (Ally C), Monday, 21 October 2002 22:13 (twenty-three years ago)

DING DING DING! And Ally is the winner!

― Andrew (enneff), Monday, 21 October 2002 22:18 (twenty-three years ago)

winner, winner, winner. hm.

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 21 October 2002 22:48 (twenty-three years ago)

dastoor
mastoor
mastoer
master

― Mike Hanle y (mike), Monday, 21 October 2002 23:53 (twenty-three years ago)

"Charlotte" had me so weirded out last night that i had to look it up.

― Stuart, Tuesday, 22 October 2002 02:01 (twenty-three years ago)

friend

It looks like fiend with an 'r' in.

― alext (alext), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 08:05 (twenty-three years ago)

sponge
sponge
sponge
sponge
sponge
sponge
sponge

― heh. sponge. sponge ponge onge ge e (starry), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 08:10 (twenty-three years ago)

stressed desserts, stressed desserts

― Perry Bernard (panterus), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 08:14 (twenty-three years ago)

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― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 08:16 (twenty-three years ago)

were
were
were

― angela (angela), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 08:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Why, why, why, why, why

― Madchen, Tuesday, 22 October 2002 08:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Delilah! (sorry)

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― Plinky (Plinky), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 09:02 (twenty-three years ago)

basic basic basic basic basic basic

― Graham (graham), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 09:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Sugar sugar sugar sugar sugar. Sorry. Banged my toe. Where are you going? Look, come back, it wasn't that bad.....

― lol p xx, Tuesday, 22 October 2002 11:48 (twenty-three years ago)

spaniel spaniel spaniel spaniel as in the dog dog dog dog dog dog

― Elisabeth (Elisabeth), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 11:49 (twenty-three years ago)

institution institution institution institution institution institution institution institution institution institution

institution!

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 13:21 (twenty-three years ago)

asylum, asylum, asylum, asylum.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 13:24 (twenty-three years ago)

was

― toraneko (toraneko), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 13:30 (twenty-three years ago)

was or was?

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 13:36 (twenty-three years ago)

bouncey bouncey bouncey bouncey bouncey bouncey bounce E-bounce E-bounce E-bounce E-bounce E-bounce E-bounce

― Sofa King Alternative (Sofa King Alternative), Wednesday, 23 October 2002 11:58 (twenty-three years ago)

two weeks pass...

finger

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 11 November 2002 17:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Stop it with that finger thing.

― alix (alix), Monday, 11 November 2002 17:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't you point that thing at me.

sponge sponge sponge. sponge. sponge.

― Sarah (starry), Monday, 11 November 2002 17:25 (twenty-three years ago)

you you you you you you you you

― A Nairn (moretap), Monday, 11 November 2002 17:42 (twenty-three years ago)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 11 November 2002 18:26 (twenty-three years ago)

aq2v5hn

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 11 November 2002 19:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Keep.

― dog latin, Monday, 11 November 2002 19:26 (twenty-three years ago)

misled (meye-zeld)

― felicity (felicity), Monday, 11 November 2002 19:34 (twenty-three years ago)

six months pass...

lipstick lipstick lipstick lipstick lipstick lipstick lipstick lipstick

― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 22 May 2003 16:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.
Smoke.

Variant: Suh-MOE-kuh.

― Fivvy (Fivvy), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

asshat asshat asshat

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Bean! BEAN! BEEEEEEANNNNN!

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Leanne Rimes

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Are you all on acid?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:22 (twenty-three years ago)

ally
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― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:34 (twenty-three years ago)

acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid
acid

Hey, that is pretty neat.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:39 (twenty-three years ago)

moocow moocow moocow

tuxedo tuxedo tuxedo tux tux tux tux tux lux lux loo

― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 22 May 2003 17:47 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

REVIVE!

― Revivalist (Revivalist), Monday, 19 July 2004 11:06 (twenty-one years ago)

pimlico pimlico pimlico
pimlico pimlico pimlico

― pete b. (pete b.), Monday, 19 July 2004 11:09 (twenty-one years ago)

two years pass...

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― Stephen Bush (Stephen B.), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:30 (nineteen years ago)

blouse

― Laurel (Laurel), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:33 (nineteen years ago)

The more I look at souffle or roffle the more they become the same word.

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

rouffle

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

The funniest of the desserts.

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

Sahahahahara

The funniest of the deserts.

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:38 (nineteen years ago)

schadenfreude

-> odder but also better and BETTER the more i look at it

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

haha CJ!!!

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:41 (nineteen years ago)

I remember one odd day in elementary geography having to spell Mississippi so many times that, by the time we took a quiz at the end of the day, I spelled it:

M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.

― stoked for the madness (nickalicious), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 14:43 (nineteen years ago)

was writig a bunch of code at the weekend when all of a sudden 'circle' started looking odd. the font didn't help:


Circle circle = new Circle();

― Koogy Yonderboy (koogs), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

one three five seven nine eleven thirteen fifteen

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 16:57 (nineteen years ago)

When I was a kid I made an anti-DDT poster that read:
FISHERERMEN: IF DDT IS NOT BANNED THERE WILL BE NO MORE FISHING...OR FISH.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.

Four times I read that before figuring out what wasn't right.

― ONIMO feels teh NOIZE (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

table table table table table

― ONIMO feels teh NOIZE (GerryNemo), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

The other day while proofing an article on banjo technique, the word "fingering" started to look really wrong. I started pronouncing it in my head with a soft g sound. "Finjering."

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 17:20 (nineteen years ago)

I love Alba.

― wordy rappinghood (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 18:03 (nineteen years ago)

tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree tree

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)

nugatory

― Aimless (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 18:09 (nineteen years ago)

Michael Richards to thread

― === temporary username === (Mark C), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

Please. Anything but that.

― Aimless (Aimless), Wednesday, 22 November 2006 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

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