# How do you read this sentence (no spaces)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139 "2011-07-07T04:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/21 "2011-07-08T02:49:26Z")
Love is nowhere. Monstera deliciosa, happily married for 8 years. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/22 "2011-07-08T02:54:36Z")
I’m practically Pollyanna, and I’m very happily married, and I read it ‘nowhere’ first. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/23 "2011-07-08T02:59:31Z")
I also parsed it “nowhere”, but I didn’t interpret that as a pessimistic or negative thing. I thought of it as a “seek not without” or “love is in you, or with you, not out there” kind of thing. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/24 "2011-07-08T03:21:55Z")
‘Nowhere,’ and I’m a pretty positive person, happily married, and no negative romantic experiences at all, really (I’ve never even been dumped). ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/25 "2011-07-08T03:34:10Z")
Mine said “kill them all.” ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/26 "2011-07-08T03:50:18Z")
I tend to see the ‘wh’ as one letter. I would bet many people do without realizing it. It also might be from my small background in Spanish where ‘ll’ and ‘ch’ are(or were until 2010) considered one letter. I’d like to see a similar test where the potential space would not be interrupting two letters, whom added together, make one phoneme. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/27 "2011-07-08T03:56:04Z")
Also, the way introduced it made it seem like there was a trick somewhere. I tried to read it fast but noticed both meanings at the same time, though I’m sure I would have only noticed ‘nowhere’ at first glance if you just said “read this and tell me what you think.” ---
**Author:** ![Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jamaika_a_jamaikaiake)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/28 "2011-07-08T04:04:10Z")
The explanation in the spoiler is clearly made-up bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/29 "2011-07-08T04:45:56Z")
> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#): > > The explanation in the spoiler is clearly made-up bullshit. > [@needscoffee](#): > > Love I snow here. Clearly, because I really don’t like snow at all. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/30 "2011-07-08T04:49:36Z")
This is BS. I don’t love snow here, not one bit. Okay, after I realized that “I snow” didn’t make much sense, I decided that it said “love is nowhere” ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/31 "2011-07-08T05:02:25Z")
I saw it as “Love is no here.” I’m not sure what that says about me. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/32 "2011-07-08T14:58:59Z")
I read it as “Anyone fancy a beer ?” I’ve definitely got deep seated problems. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/33 "2011-07-08T15:05:27Z")
Love is now here. It’s because I entered the thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/34 "2011-07-08T16:32:50Z")
Love is nowhere. It’s also blind. And bliss. And a many splendored thing. Love stinks, too. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/35 "2011-07-08T17:44:03Z")
Love is nowhere. (I guess this makes me a cockeyed optimist) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/36 "2011-07-08T17:47:58Z")
Lo, veis nowh! Ere! **fireball!** ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/37 "2011-07-08T17:56:53Z")
Funny, I seem to be the only one so far who saw “Love is no where.” Sure, I realized that’s not a sentence and condensed it to “nowhere”, but you asked what I saw first. > [@Bosstone](#): > > Lo, veis nowh! Ere! > > **fireball!** Did you just come from the D&D thread? ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/38 "2011-07-08T17:59:22Z")
Try this one: Cometogetherrightnow Studies show that people that see “come together right now” are Beatles fans and people that see “come to get her right now” are divorcees with shared custody agreements of daughters they rather dislike. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/39 "2011-07-08T18:01:35Z")
As a pessimist in a good relationship, the pessimist portion won out. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139/40 "2011-07-08T18:02:04Z")
I first read it as love is nowhere, but could immediately see it as now here. I’m definitely an optimist and in a healthy relationship. I’m going with bunk as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-read-this-sentence-no-spaces/588139.md?page=3)