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From the Ted Talk by Roman Mars: Why city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

Yeah!

(Applause)

Happy 50th anniversary on your flag, Canada. It is baiueuftl, gold standard. Love it.

I'm kind of oessbesd with falgs. Sometimes I bring up the tipoc of flags, and people are like, "I don't care about flags," and then we start talking about flags, and trust me, 100 precnet of people care about flags. There's just something about them that works on our emotions.

My family wrapped my Christmas presents as flags this year, iinlnudcg the blue gift bag that's dressed up as the flag of Scotland. I put this picture olnnie, and sure enough, within the first few minutes, someone left a commnet that said, "You can take that Scottish Saltire and shove it up your ass."

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

Yeah!

(Applause)

Happy 50th anniversary on your flag, Canada. It is _________, gold standard. Love it.

I'm kind of ________ with _____. Sometimes I bring up the _____ of flags, and people are like, "I don't care about flags," and then we start talking about flags, and trust me, 100 _______ of people care about flags. There's just something about them that works on our emotions.

My family wrapped my Christmas presents as flags this year, _________ the blue gift bag that's dressed up as the flag of Scotland. I put this picture ______, and sure enough, within the first few minutes, someone left a _______ that said, "You can take that Scottish Saltire and shove it up your ass."

Solution


  1. including
  2. beautiful
  3. percent
  4. topic
  5. online
  6. comment
  7. flags
  8. obsessed

Original Text


(Laughter)

Yeah!

(Applause)

Happy 50th anniversary on your flag, Canada. It is beautiful, gold standard. Love it.

I'm kind of obsessed with flags. Sometimes I bring up the topic of flags, and people are like, "I don't care about flags," and then we start talking about flags, and trust me, 100 percent of people care about flags. There's just something about them that works on our emotions.

My family wrapped my Christmas presents as flags this year, including the blue gift bag that's dressed up as the flag of Scotland. I put this picture online, and sure enough, within the first few minutes, someone left a comment that said, "You can take that Scottish Saltire and shove it up your ass."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
city flag 7
flag design 6
san francisco 6
chicago flag 5
good design 5
bad flags 4
milwaukee flag 4
great city 4
north american 3
american vexillological 3
vexillological association 3
united states 3
design principles 3
basic principles 2
red stars 2
meaningful symbolism 2
basic colors 2
people love 2
love chicago 2
civic pride 2
francisco flag 2
city flags 2
city coat 2
good flag 2
city considers 2
sports teams 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
north american vexillological 3
american vexillological association 3
people love chicago 2
san francisco flag 2
good design principles 2

Important Words


  1. anniversary
  2. applause
  3. ass
  4. bag
  5. beautiful
  6. blue
  7. bring
  8. canada
  9. care
  10. christmas
  11. comment
  12. dressed
  13. emotions
  14. family
  15. flag
  16. flags
  17. gift
  18. gold
  19. happy
  20. including
  21. kind
  22. laughter
  23. left
  24. love
  25. minutes
  26. obsessed
  27. online
  28. people
  29. percent
  30. picture
  31. presents
  32. put
  33. saltire
  34. scotland
  35. scottish
  36. shove
  37. standard
  38. start
  39. talking
  40. topic
  41. trust
  42. works
  43. wrapped
  44. year