• Crow_Thief@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    You cant spell “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” without (any given word in the english language)

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      2 months ago

      I mean, the order of the letters matter, and so does the frequency. You can spell “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” without spelling “asshole”

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        2 months ago

        I mean, the order of the letters matter, and so does the frequency.

        And so does the position. Either you arbitrarily change the rules of how words are being formed, or you don’t.