Do You Know That There are Two Forms of the Lowercase Letter ‘g’? Twitterati is Confused!
Twitterati is puzzled in identifying the correct form of the letter. Despite seeing it millions of times, researchers have discovered that individuals don’t know what a lower case of ‘G’ i.e. ‘g’ actually looks like.
Identifying and learning how to write an alphabet is something we have done since an early age. By now, we adults think that we are quite good in identifying any alphabet; be it in upper case or lower case. And why not! We spend most of our times in reading a novel, a newspaper, a magazine and even writing several emails to our co-workers. But there is one letter that is confusing many people. And that letter has two forms of it! Yes, and Twitterati is puzzled in identifying the correct form of the letter. Despite seeing it millions of times, researchers have discovered that individuals don’t know what a lower case of ‘G’ i.e. ‘g’ actually looks like.
A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, found that people cannot identify the correct form of a lower case of ‘G’ regardless of seeing it every day. The researchers at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland further revealed that most of the people do not know that there are two forms of the letter ‘g’—one that is handwritten and the other typeset which are seen commonly in Times New Roman and Calibri. The University posted the question on April 4 and the Twitter reactions are funny. Netizens are confused in identifying the accurate font of the letter!
John Hopkins University tweeted the pop quiz.
One of them is written correctly!
Here is one of the reaction!
Keep guessing!
May be or may be not....
Confidence!
Here is the correct answer!
The research found that while everyone could read the looptail ‘g’ just fine, most people cannot write or even recognize it. In the study, only 2 out of 38 participants could answer ‘g’ when they were asked to list letters with two lower case forms (so close) but only 1 could write both. Honestly, even we struggled to identify the exact form of the letter ‘g’! So, now you know the correct answer, ask your pals, extend the challenge and let them scratch their head a little bit.
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