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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Words

A great series of chains of English word-sense ambiguities.



A stunning film from Will Hoffman and Daniel Mercadante to accompany Radiolab's Words episode. With an original score by Keith Kenniff.


Can anyone list all the words alluded to?

Radiolab's Words episode: http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2010/08/09/words/
Everynone: http://everynone.com/
Keith Kenniff: http://www.unseen-music.com

7 comments:

  1. play - blow - break - run - fly - fall - light

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  2. Between BREAK and RUN I also see SPLIT. End after LIGHT comes SPACE, I think.

    I'm not sure but great dare to try though Sytske.

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  3. 1 play, 2 blow, 3 break, 4 split, 5 run, 6 fly, 7 fall, 8 light, 9 space

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  4. Thanks Peter for catching up here, much appreciated.
    Reviewing my mind was struck by a subtlety; between run and fly there is a boy running away, and then a runway seen from the air. A most subtle way to move to fly.
    The whole ambiguity word change is a great concept that indeed could be done in Dutch as well.
    That is inspiring...

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  5. Great Find! This is a very clever video!

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  6. It certainly is Shawn. I can imagine this can be done in any language and even foreign ones would make a sensible chain of concepts.
    Nice to see you around Mr Canada ;-)
    I hope things are fine. Saw your biceps...

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  7. prachtige inspirerende film - - thnx4joining

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