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Fakelish – Fake English word generator

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Re: Fakelish – Fake English word generator

#4

Can anyone tell me more about how this works? Most of these don't resemble English words at all to me lol, wondering what the generative procedure/parameters are in the first place

I find much more interesting:

http://www.thisworddoesnotexist.com/

as it also fakes the definition.

But if you want to write some Vogon like poetry, the words generated by Fakelish might be just fine.

Re: Fakelish – Fake English word generator

#5

Can anyone tell me more about how this works? Most of these don't resemble English words at all to me lol, wondering what the generative procedure/parameters are in the first place

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nwtgck/fakelish-npm/develo...

Basically a big probability map. I'm guessing this was machine generated though, and it isn't clear to me how that was done.

Re: Fakelish – Fake English word generator

#8

Jabberwocky

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,

      And the mome raths outgrabe.
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

      The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

      The frumious Bandersnatch!”
He took his vorpal sword in hand;

      Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree

      And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,

      The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

      And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through

      The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head

      He went galumphing back.
“And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

      Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”

      He chortled in his joy.
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,

      And the mome raths outgrabe.

Re: Fakelish – Fake English word generator

#9
I recently started playing the NYT Spelling Bee game. There you find yourself wishfully inventing a lot of plausibly English-sounding words, only to learn that indeed, (e.g.) "vilicent" is not a part of the language. IMO the quality of these words is low compared to what a human being comes up with.
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