See how you go with the following.
How many times does the letter F appear in the following.
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A cryptic clue for the answer.
'In the 1950's song, the number of coins thrown into the Trevi fountain is the wrong answer. The fountain contains the correct answer.
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Me too, but I don't understand 'the fountain contains the correct answer'?
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They showed that at a recent, ahem, "driver awareness" course I attended 
Only we were only given five seconds to read it...
Only we were only given five seconds to read it...
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Apparently, most people count three (three coins in the fountain). 'the fountain' is the Trevi of which the last two characters are the Roman numerals for number six.SMorientes wrote:Me too, but I don't understand 'the fountain contains the correct answer'?
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I'm sorry, but you're all completely wrong: there's only one "f" in followingHow many times does the letter F appear in the following.
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Ah yeah, VI, didn't spot that. On first skim reading it I only counted 3 but I was sure I must've missed some so went back over it. Shows how little attention you pay to little words like of, and how much the initial letter of a word dominates your perception of it. Those are the 3 Fs you spot immediately, because they are at the start of a group of letters.johnh wrote: Apparently, most people count three (three coins in the fountain). 'the fountain' is the Trevi of which the last two characters are the Roman numerals for number six.
It's like when I'm reading something quickly, I get annoyed if 2 character's names begin with the same letter, even if they're otherwise quite different names e.g. Shirley and Samantha. When I'm reading it quickly I see the capitalised S and my mind inserts a character's name and moves on without checking the rest of the word, so if both the characters are involved in something it gets quite confused.
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Who got ya? Was it the cop van just after the car auctions in the lay by on Leeds Road?Pecky10 wrote:They showed that at a recent, ahem, "driver awareness" course I attended