Not for me, tho

Which language provides the most random alphabetically sorted sequence?

Data

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

Sourced from comments in thread (English from image, Dutch from !Vinny_93@lemmy.world, German from !TJA@sh.itjust.works , Turkish from some rando, Chinese from !idealotus@lemmy.world, Lexicographical from !monogram@feddit.nl)

Plot with Correlation Scores

We will compute the pearson correlation (r-statistic) score by comparing the base number (column 1) with the corresponding language column. We will also compute the Serial correlation, by creating staggered columns that measure how close a number is in a sequence to the one before it.

It looks like Dutch has the lowest (near 0) correlation to both the base sequence and it's own staggered sequence, with Turkish mirroring it's staggered randomness somewhat.

The least random alphabetic sequences are English and German.

Updated: Added chinese and staggered analysis.

You put a lot of work into this.
Thank you for doing and sharing this
This is the second comment I've seen like this from you.
Please never stop.
c/dataisbeautiful
I didn't expect soneone to put that much effort into it.
Thanks! This is awesome!

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

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

I don't even know 100% that this is Dutch, but Dutch so often reads and sounds like someone German who doesn't know English trying to speak English and I love the language because of it ❤️
- Dutch is an Anglo-Saxon language so that makes sense.
Acht, drei, eins, elf, fünf, neun, sechs, sieben, vier, zehn, zwei, zwölf
8, 3, 1, 11, 5, 9, 6, 7, 4, 10, 2, 12
- Ah there it is. The real language, not the one a confused toddler trying to learn German speaks
- altı beş bir dokuz dört iki on onbir oniki sekiz üç yedi
  6 5 1 9 4 2 10 11 12 8 3 7
I still don't understand how acht=12
- acht=12
  Gesundheit.
- Ah no I started at one. You can transpose my list by one and set zeven as 12.

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 🤡

I'm a C programmer. My first time writing Javascript and ran into some sort of bug involving a === sign or something. Javascript is a silly language.
- js
  
  console.log("10"+1); // "101" console.log("10"-1); // 9
- Javascript lets you compare unlike types without extra steps using ==. If you want strict comparison where “2” isn’t 2, use === and !==. Personally, I find that easier than having to parseint or cast every damn thing or whatever c does (strtol?). That said, I have build tools set up to enforce strict comparison because I don’t trust myself or others.
- Truish and falsish and nullish are all concepts made up by madmen. JavaScript is the language of the damned.
If one is alphabetising things, which cones first "A" or "AA"?

Lexicographical clock

1 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

You’re missing 2
1 10 11 12 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- 2 is overrated tbh

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.

I both love and hate this
Was thinking the same thing. This has to be possible, within reason of course
- I could get it done with a couple stepper motors, an Arduino, probably a couple hall effect sensors.

Interestingly it would be right twice a day

I'd think four times: 4:20, 4:35, 7:20, 7:35
- I'm stupid and read the clock wrong and didn't check even a little.

Thanks, i hate it :)

It's 9 o'clock somewhere!

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")

Mine is Spanish
Cinco (5), cuatro (4), diez (10), doce (12), dos (2), nueve (9),, ocho (8), once (11), seis (6), siete (7), tres (3), una (1)

I don't get it

The numbers are sorted by their English spellings.
- What?
  Two, Eight, Eleven, — not gonna type it all out because it’s already wrong.
  What am I missing here?
- Is it a meme or a riddle?

What time is it?
It's Beer O'clock!

I hate this so much

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

This is extremely sick. I'm going to cancel my Disney account.

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

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

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

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

Ah yes its nearly 8:03 o’clock

Or nearly 56 minutes to 11:08

Sure but the clock doesn't tell time any differently—now it's just displaying wrong, instead.