I recently found out that javascript’s .sort() function, when called without arguments on an array of numbers, converts them all to strings and sorts them alphabetically 🤡

Portuguese

cinco, dez, dois, doze, nove, oito, onze, quatro, seis, sete, três, um

5 10 2 12 9 8 11 4 6 7 3 1

cinco, dez, dois, doze, meia, nove, oito, onze, quatro, sete, três, um

5 10 2 12 6 9 8 11 4 7 3 1

(six can be “seis” or “meia”)

Which language provides the most random alphabetically sorted sequence?

Data

|  N | Eng | Dut | Ger | Tur | Lex |
|----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
|  1 |   8 |   8 |   8 |   6 |   1 |
|  2 |  11 |   3 |   3 |   5 |  10 |
|  3 |   5 |   1 |   1 |   1 |  11 |
|  4 |   4 |  11 |  11 |   9 |  12 |
|  5 |   9 |   9 |   5 |   4 |   2 |
|  6 |   1 |  10 |   9 |   2 |   3 |
|  7 |   7 |  12 |   6 |  10 |   4 |
|  8 |   6 |   2 |   7 |  11 |   5 |
|  9 |  10 |   4 |   4 |  12 |   6 |
| 10 |   3 |   5 |  10 |   8 |   7 |
| 11 |  12 |   6 |   2 |   3 |   8 |
| 12 |   2 |   7 |  12 |   7 |   9 |

Sourced from comments in thread (English from image, Dutch from Vinny93, German from TJA, Turkish from some rando, Lexicographical from monogram)

Plot with Pearson Score

gnuplot -p -e '
  set xlabel "Base Sequence";
  set ylabel "Alphabetic";
  set xtics 1,1,12;
  set ytics 1,1,12;
  set title "Alphabetic Number Plot with Correlation Score";
  set key outside left;
  set size ratio 0.45;
  stats "alphabetic.tab" using 1:2 name "E";
  stats "" using 1:3 name "D";
  stats "" using 1:4 name "G";
  stats "" using 1:5 name "T";
  stats "" using 1:6 name "L";
  plot "" using 1:2 with lines title sprintf("%s (%.3f)", columnhead(2), E_correlation),
       "" using 1:3 with lines title sprintf("%s (%.3f)", columnhead(3), D_correlation),
       "" using 1:4 with lines title sprintf("%s (%.3f)", columnhead(4), G_correlation),
       "" using 1:5 with lines title sprintf("%s (%.3f)", columnhead(5), T_correlation),
       "" using 1:6 with lines title sprintf("%s (%.3f)", columnhead(6), L_correlation)
'

It looks like the most random language is Dutch (closest to zero), and Turkish appears to be the least random (probably the 10,11,12 sequence skewed it).

Although Lexicographic also appears to have a near zero score, despite being the most ordered. I think Pearson is a bad measure here, and maybe a Serial Correlation test might be better.

Ah yes its nearly 8:03 o’clock

Or nearly 56 minutes to 11:08

If a mechanical clock or watch was like that it would be one hell of a fascinating movement

Cinq Deux Dix Douze Huit Neuf Onze Quatre Sept Six Trois Un

5 2 10 12 8 9 11 4 7 6 3 1

Interestingly it would be right twice a day

Lexicographical clock

1 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Acht, drie, een, elf, negen, tien, twaalf, twee, vier, vijf, zes, zeven.

8, 3, 1, 11, 9, 10, 12, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7

It’s 9 o’clock somewhere!

Okay, here’s the challenge: Make it always tell the correct time 8:30 should point to the 8 with the little hand and the 6 with the big hand. And 8:35 shoudl point to the 7 with the big hand.

What time is it?
It’s Beer O’clock!

I hate this so much

8 3 1 11 5 9 6 7 4 10 2 12

I don’t get it