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rcurl
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response 175 of 1007:
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Feb 8 14:22 UTC 1994 |
In Martin Gardner's _The Annotated Alice_, the following appears:
"Alexander L. Taylor, in his book on Carroll, _The White Knight_, shows
how to get 'vorpal' by taking letters alternately from 'verbal' and
'gospel', but there is no evidence that Carroll resorted to such involved
techniques in coining his words. In fact, Carroll wrote to a child-friend:
"I am afraid I can't explain 'vorpal blade' for you - nor yet
'tulgey wood.""
You didnd't drift, Steve: there are three 6 letter words in your remark.
Which did you mean to guess?
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vishnu
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response 176 of 1007:
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Feb 8 23:06 UTC 1994 |
n
waurgh! <sorry, didn't mean to hit r>
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ziggy
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response 177 of 1007:
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Feb 8 23:08 UTC 1994 |
Sorry, I meant vorpal.
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rcurl
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response 178 of 1007:
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Feb 9 05:15 UTC 1994 |
waurgh B=P
vorpal 0 ziggy
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vishnu
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response 179 of 1007:
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Feb 9 23:35 UTC 1994 |
(waurgh wasn't my word :))
houses
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jingle
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response 180 of 1007:
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Feb 10 04:01 UTC 1994 |
operas
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rcurl
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response 181 of 1007:
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Feb 10 06:17 UTC 1994 |
houses 0 vishnu
operas 3 jingle
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srw
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response 182 of 1007:
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Feb 10 13:44 UTC 1994 |
I guess I have to remember to avoid using six letters in any word I don't
want rcurl to take as a guess.
I'm stumped. I can see 13 combinations of 6 letters, but none of them
are words that I have ever seen. I guess I'll have to just pick one
randomly.
overta
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rcurl
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response 183 of 1007:
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Feb 10 14:49 UTC 1994 |
I *could* say that that isn't a word, but this has been going on for
quite some time, so I'll respond:
overta 4 srw
I am sure everyone has heard the word in a movie in English. I doubt
many have used it, however (though they may have done what it means).
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srw
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response 184 of 1007:
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Feb 11 13:46 UTC 1994 |
Yeah, I knew it wasn't a word. But *now* I can see that I must have erred
in my analysis, as 4 was not an expected response. (panic)
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odie
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response 185 of 1007:
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Feb 12 01:55 UTC 1994 |
I think that we know that it's o_ert_
I can't think of a word that matches (the last letter isn't a or s)
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vishnu
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response 186 of 1007:
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Feb 12 02:06 UTC 1994 |
orpine
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rcurl
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response 187 of 1007:
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Feb 12 05:28 UTC 1994 |
What excludes the last letter from being an a?
orpine 1 vishnu
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srw
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response 188 of 1007:
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Feb 12 07:34 UTC 1994 |
OK, this is getting nowhere. I have evidence the answers are inconsistent.
Please try to follow my logic and tell me where I went wrong:
finite 1 (vishnu)
fiddle 0 (ziggy)
dunker 0 (ziggy)
popish 0 (vishnu)
subtracting letters, I get
....t. 1 - i.e. the 5th letter is 't'
operas 3 (jingle)
remove known 5th letter
oper.s 3
spices 0 (carl)
subtracting lettters, I get
o.er.. 3 -
Combining with ....t. 1, we can conclude
o.ert. 4
quanta 2 (carl)
removeing known letters
.u...a 1
dunker 0 (ziggy)
subtracting letters, I get
.....a 1
combining with other know letters, I now have
o.erta 5
So I cannot believe overta 4 (srw)
btw, you left quarks 1 from reponse 156 out of /u/rcurl/letter.match
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carson
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response 189 of 1007:
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Feb 12 13:46 UTC 1994 |
Perhaps rcurl is still thinking 5-letter match?
alerts
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odie
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response 190 of 1007:
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Feb 12 14:05 UTC 1994 |
okay, so maybe the last letter is 'A' (I wasn't that sure.)
if so the word could be _ _erta or maybe o_ert_
I still can't come up with a word.
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rcurl
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response 191 of 1007:
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Feb 12 19:19 UTC 1994 |
alerts 3 carson
Carson (#189) is correct: "overta" had only one letter wrong, so
5 - 1 = 4. I did this before. I apologize to everyone. Here is the
correct response:
Now, wait a minute! overta isn't a word in the first place! So any
answer I give to a non word must be viewed as a non-answer1 I withdraw
my apology. Hmmmph &^?.
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srw
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response 192 of 1007:
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Feb 13 00:52 UTC 1994 |
oferta
(If it's not a word, just say so. I know it'll match 5.
All 12 of 'em look like non-words to me.)
The 12 are:
oberta ocerta oderta oferta (I already guessed that one)
ogerta ojerta okerta omerta oqerta owerta oyerta ozerta
Maybe someone else will recognize one of these as being a word.
If that happens, they'll win. But I want to get on to the next
puzzle anyway, so I won't mind.
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vishnu
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response 193 of 1007:
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Feb 13 04:15 UTC 1994 |
omerta
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srw
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response 194 of 1007:
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Feb 13 04:48 UTC 1994 |
I went and asked a non-grexer if they knew a word that matched that pattern.
Sure enough, it's an Italian word that apparently has made an appearance
in English as well. I was going to replace my guess if nobody found
it, but vishnu seems to have done so. Well done.
Of course we have to wait for the official verdict.
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rcurl
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response 195 of 1007:
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Feb 13 08:00 UTC 1994 |
The official verdict is thatit is vishnu's turn (since a long list
that included the right word isn't *accettabile*). Gosh, didn't anyone
here see Godfather X? They lived and died by *omerta*. But, I have a
question: why do you "want to get on to the next puzzle anyway"? Isn't
the denouement the most delectible moment of the game?
Oh yes - to make it official:
omerta *5* vishnu
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srw
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response 196 of 1007:
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Feb 13 14:13 UTC 1994 |
Wouldn't *6* make it official?
No, I didn't watch the Godfather. I never heard of omerta. I don't
even think it is an English word. I would be convinced otherwise,
though, if it could be found in an English Dictionary.
I was getting bored, that's why.
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vishnu
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response 197 of 1007:
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Feb 13 14:20 UTC 1994 |
I didn't watch the Godfather, but I *did* know the word...
I'm not sure if its officially English, but I know it exists.
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srw
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response 198 of 1007:
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Feb 13 17:30 UTC 1994 |
Well, congratulations, vishnu, that's why you won.
Now *you* get to pick a six-letter word.
Let us know when you've done, so, and we'll all start guessing.
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carson
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response 199 of 1007:
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Feb 13 18:01 UTC 1994 |
Gee, why do we let rcurl play? He can't even count the letters right! :)
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