Re: A preliminary look at Spoonerisms

On Jul 15, 9:33 am, ck <ck_NoS...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


ck:
You might as well ask what makes the unexpected, or the
deviation from the expected funny.

JC:
I don't think GS was talking about what makes something
funny rather what is required for the behavior spoonerism.

I am inclined to think of it in terms of inner speech or
even maybe "mentalese" that moves ahead of the actual
generation of the spoken word. We think faster than we
speak. And the later parts get mixed up with the earlier
parts during the planning or construction of the actual
output and are not properly edited out or corrected.

Ultimately you have to devise experiments to support or
refute the various suggested hypotheses.

Although I think speech is a rather advanced behavior.

I think AI is better served concentrating on simpler systems
rather than trying to duplicate or analyse the behavior of
complex systems "in all their complexity" as GS is wont to do.


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