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Children playing the Telephone game on a wooden bench.

Telephone is a children’s game where the first player whispers a message into the ear of the second person in the line, who then whispers it to the next player. The last player then announces the message they received and it is compared to the original. It is used as a metaphor for cumulative error, demonstrating how inaccuracies can arise as rumours or gossip spread.

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