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Please tell me you saw the /r/unitedkingdom thread where somebody suggested replacing walking with wanking?

A great information theory example of what happens when two codes are too close together; walk is one letter away from wank, so a single-letter error changes the meaning completely, but leaves the message still hysterically sensible and readable.




It also works with most comments here!

Whoever thought this up is a genius. Thanks for brightening my day.




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