Perhaps they will have to outlaw sending random lists of words. fee fie foe foo
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker suggests banning the random generation of word lists, illustrated with nonsense words.
- In plain terms
- Maybe we should stop making random word lists.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid creating meaningless text.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When might random word generation be valuable?
- What criteria define a list as 'random' enough to ban?
Another view
Random word lists can be useful for testing or artistic purposes.
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