PECTOPAH
Russian · Page 1 of 3
Name
Date
DIRECTIONS: Read this Russian word out loud before you read anything else.
what your eyes say
PECTOPAH
You read “pectopah”. Every letter looks like one you know, so your eyes answered without asking.
It says restaurant, roughly rye‑sta‑RAN. Five of the eight letters mean something else.
Try it on a grown-up.
what your eyes say
KOCMOHABT
1. It really says:
Three More
Russian · Page 2 of 3
DIRECTIONS: What does each one really say? Each is a word you know.
what your eyes say
BETEPAH
2. It really says:
what your eyes say
PECYPC
3. It really says:
what your eyes say
CEKPET
4. It really says:
Why That Happened
Russian · Page 3 of 3
DIRECTIONS: Read this, then answer.
An alphabet you can’t read at all is harmless: you know to stop. Russian looks like yours, so it hands you an answer instead of a warning.
- Which is worse for a reader: an alphabet you obviously cannot read, or one you think you can? Say why.
- Somebody says "just read the letters more carefully". Why is that not much help here?