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From the Ted Talk by Gary Lauder: Take Turns

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So, why not use a yield sign? Well the meaning of yield is: You must yield the right-of-way. That menas that if there are five cars wiinatg, you have to wait till they all go, then you go. It lacks the notion of alternating, or taking tnrus, and it's always on the minor road, alliwnog the maojr one to have primacy. So, it's hard to create a new mineang for the existing sign. You couldn't suddenly tell everyone, "OK, remember what you used to do at yield signs? Now do something different." That would not work.

So, what the world needs now is a new type of sign. (Applause) So, you'd have a little instruction below it, you know, for those who didn't see the public service aentcnnenomus. And it meegrs the stop sign and yield signs. It's kind of shaped like a T, as in taking turns. And uncertainty results in caution. When people come to an unfamiliar situation they don't know how to deal with they slow down.

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So, why not use a yield sign? Well the meaning of yield is: You must yield the right-of-way. That _____ that if there are five cars _______, you have to wait till they all go, then you go. It lacks the notion of alternating, or taking _____, and it's always on the minor road, ________ the _____ one to have primacy. So, it's hard to create a new _______ for the existing sign. You couldn't suddenly tell everyone, "OK, remember what you used to do at yield signs? Now do something different." That would not work.

So, what the world needs now is a new type of sign. (Applause) So, you'd have a little instruction below it, you know, for those who didn't see the public service _____________. And it ______ the stop sign and yield signs. It's kind of shaped like a T, as in taking turns. And uncertainty results in caution. When people come to an unfamiliar situation they don't know how to deal with they slow down.

Solution


  1. major
  2. merges
  3. meaning
  4. announcements
  5. means
  6. turns
  7. allowing
  8. waiting

Original Text


So, why not use a yield sign? Well the meaning of yield is: You must yield the right-of-way. That means that if there are five cars waiting, you have to wait till they all go, then you go. It lacks the notion of alternating, or taking turns, and it's always on the minor road, allowing the major one to have primacy. So, it's hard to create a new meaning for the existing sign. You couldn't suddenly tell everyone, "OK, remember what you used to do at yield signs? Now do something different." That would not work.

So, what the world needs now is a new type of sign. (Applause) So, you'd have a little instruction below it, you know, for those who didn't see the public service announcements. And it merges the stop sign and yield signs. It's kind of shaped like a T, as in taking turns. And uncertainty results in caution. When people come to an unfamiliar situation they don't know how to deal with they slow down.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
stop signs 4
yield signs 3
stop sign 2


Important Words


  1. allowing
  2. alternating
  3. announcements
  4. applause
  5. cars
  6. caution
  7. create
  8. deal
  9. existing
  10. hard
  11. instruction
  12. kind
  13. lacks
  14. major
  15. meaning
  16. means
  17. merges
  18. minor
  19. notion
  20. people
  21. primacy
  22. public
  23. remember
  24. results
  25. road
  26. service
  27. shaped
  28. sign
  29. signs
  30. situation
  31. slow
  32. stop
  33. suddenly
  34. turns
  35. type
  36. uncertainty
  37. unfamiliar
  38. wait
  39. waiting
  40. work
  41. world
  42. yield