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The Chaos (1922)
This is a classic English poem containing about 800 of the worst irregularities in English spelling and pronunciation. Will Snellen wrote a PDF version using the phonetic alphabet . You can hear some of it pronounced mostly correctly in videos here:
- Points
- 79
- HN comments
- 56
- Submissions
- 2
- Cited by
- 26 commenters
Life, Learning & WritingHistory & Retro Computing2025
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2025 | The Chaos (1922) by devvvvvvv | 79 | 31 |
| Oct 3, 2022 | The Chaos (1922) by mxschumacher | 63 | 25 |
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Linked from 29 Hacker News comments by 26 different people, from Oct 2014 to Aug 2026.
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