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Old 22nd November 2004 | 11:28
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slim_slag
 
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Nope G_STRING, should I have?

Indeed blinkz, but that is too easy

For those who are interested in the SEQUENCE of the letters, I hope you don't think you can remember the chart to get through the eye exam. No doubt this happens but the docs are generally smarter than that.

At my friendly AME they have a chart (you look through what is like a microscope at very small letters) which reads a sentence, the words getting smaller and smaller as you go down the page. This tests both your visual acuity AND your ability to read and understand English. Very clever, wish I had thought that up But then they also have a chart where you have to tell which way up a series of horseshoes lie (which also answers the question G_STRING has trouble with)

I bet Dr Snellen (if that was his name) had an office where the longest dimension was 20 feet.
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