Can YOU Tell Which Letter Is Written Correctly?
Scientists discover most people can't pick out the right G despite seeing it millions of times
April 5, 2018
Despite seeing it millions of times, most people are unaware of a common form of the letter ‘g’.
The lowercase ‘looptail g’ is used in most novels, newspapers and email messages, yet a new study shows a surprising number of adults don’t know what it looks like.
Many of those tested couldn’t pick out a looptail g from a lineup and a shocking number were unaware that two forms of the letter exist at all.
According to the researchers, the phenomenon likely occurs because we don’t learn to write the letter’s looptail form at school, meaning few of us commit it to memory.
The lowercase ‘looptail g’ is used in most novels, newspapers and email messages, yet a new study shows a surprising number of adults don’t know what it looks like. Many of the adults tested couldn’t pick out the correct looptail ‘g’ from this lineup (answer: Top right)
The lowercase ‘looptail g’ is used in most novels, newspapers and email messages, yet a new study shows a surprising number of adults don’t know what it looks like. Many of the adults tested couldn’t pick out the correct looptail ‘g’ from this lineup (answer: Top right)
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