Originally Posted By gregbrown

The sentence “I never said she stole my money” can have seven different meanings depending on which word is stressed.

A neat anecdote from the New York Times article on IBM’s Jeopardy-playing computer.

(via gregbrown)

“We love those sentences,” Dr. Nyberg said. “Those are the ones we talk about when we’re sitting around having beers after work.”

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    peterwknox < gregbrown < setuplikeadeckofcards < luminosa:...“She stole my heart!”
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    peterwknox, gregbrown, setuplikeadeckofcards, luminosa) It’s called focus. Also, I’m not getting the special meaning for...
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    Try saying the sentence out loud yourself; it checks out.
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