Re: An interesting phenomenon.
Interesting post. In the study you mention, did they only look at the american language or also at other languages?
I think the subject of the book that is used would also influence the outcome. To give an oversimplified example, if the book is about beers, the probability that a vowel is followed by a vowel is probably greater than when it's about cats (if I'm right that e, a, o, u and i are the vowels, sorry I'm not from an english speaking country ;-)).
To get even better percentages, you could take a book yourself and calculate the percentages for that book. Then you just have to make sure that your sucker picks that book.
Peter
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