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::Radjehuty
10/01/04 5:04 AM GMT
The ancient Egyptians had a very phonetic language. They would "Spell" the word exactly as it sounds. So if we were to spell like them, the word "Belief", would become beeleef. On top of that, after they determined what the word would be transliterated into symbols from sounds would be, they would drop the vowels because they thought they were unnecessarry. so beeleef would then become blf. They may also have characters after the word to help the scribe determine what the word is, but it would make for a challenging game! :)

Who can guess what this word would be in english?

rvlshn

Good luck ;)
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::Radjehuty
10/01/04 5:05 AM GMT
I'll give hints if you need them :)
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brphoto
10/01/04 5:10 AM GMT
If you put the vowels back in, its Revolution.
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::Radjehuty
10/01/04 5:27 AM GMT
lol thats an ez one ;) how about..... gj though...

nmny
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brphoto
10/01/04 5:34 AM GMT
is it two words? (Need a small hint here!)
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+mayne
10/01/04 5:43 AM GMT
No Money
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Darryl
::noobguy
10/01/04 5:47 AM GMT
shouldnt the person who guessed the word come up with the next?
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brphoto
10/01/04 5:50 AM GMT
heh, i figured No Money, I just wasn't sure if it was two words! Darn.
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+Samatar
10/01/04 6:49 AM GMT
Could be "Anemone". Also the first one could be "Revelation".
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::CanoeGuru
10/01/04 2:33 PM GMT
Good point Sam!
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::Radjehuty
10/01/04 3:59 PM GMT
its one word lol.

And remember that the word is spelled PHONETICALLY. In the first one, rvlshn, the word would be spelled as revolooshun. Then the vowels were dropped. Try to associate different vowel SOUNDS and not necessarilly letters between the consonants.

Hint: It is a condition most often associated with long exposure to cold weather, although not necessarilly caused by it. That was probably too good of a hint haha :)
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+mayne
10/01/04 11:59 PM GMT
Numonya...Pneumonia That was a great hint;-)
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Darryl
+mayne
10/02/04 12:03 AM GMT
Try this one... sdpd
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Darryl
::noobguy
10/02/04 12:23 AM GMT
I find this game very difficult, I like it
I'm guessing seedpod
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+mayne
10/02/04 12:26 AM GMT
partly right!
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::Radjehuty
10/02/04 3:07 AM GMT
Pseudopod?
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+mayne
10/02/04 3:48 AM GMT
Ah very good;-)
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::Radjehuty
10/02/04 4:28 AM GMT
Try this: This can be a little tricky....

mrtf
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+Samatar
10/02/04 5:55 AM GMT
Mortify?
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::Radjehuty
10/02/04 6:02 AM GMT
Yeap! Nice ;)
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+mayne
10/02/04 6:14 AM GMT
Kthlg
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Darryl
::noobguy
10/02/04 6:55 AM GMT
catholic?
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+mayne
10/02/04 7:02 AM GMT
Sorry Anthony. Hint..study of something
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Darryl
+Samatar
10/02/04 10:54 AM GMT
Cathology?
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+mayne
10/02/04 3:25 PM GMT
Cathology works too Sam, not religion though;-)
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Darryl
+camerahound
10/02/04 5:37 PM GMT
Something-league? Anthology with an N instead of a K? Catalog without the H? Ichthyology without the icky part? Just kidding. Sndz fzy t m, Drl.
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+mayne
10/02/04 6:08 PM GMT
You got it Tracy...it is part of my job;-) Iktheeolagee
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+camerahound
10/02/04 6:15 PM GMT
I'll think of a new one. Meanwhile -- try this!

Count the "Fs" in the following text:
> >
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.
> >
> >
> > HOW MANY ? (SEE BELOW)
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> > ... 3?
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> > WRONG, THERE ARE 6 !!-- no joke.
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> > READ IT AGAIN !
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> > The reasoning behind is further down.
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> > For most, the brain cannot process "OF".
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> > Incredible or what? Go back and look again!!
> >
Anyone who counts all 6 "Fs" on the first go is a genius. Three is normal, four is quite rare.
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+camerahound
10/02/04 6:18 PM GMT
nttr

If you need a hint, go HERE
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::noobguy
10/02/04 6:31 PM GMT
i counted 6
but then again I took part in such an experiment.
got paid 5 bucks too!
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::noobguy
10/02/04 6:45 PM GMT
anteater
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::noobguy
10/02/04 6:53 PM GMT
nlj
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::Radjehuty
10/02/04 7:36 PM GMT
ooo thats a good one...can we have a hint?
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+camerahound
10/02/04 9:12 PM GMT
analogy
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::noobguy
10/02/04 9:19 PM GMT
no but good try

hint: it is what we all constantly search for in life
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+camerahound
10/02/04 9:22 PM GMT
knowledge
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::noobguy
10/02/04 9:53 PM GMT
1 for 2. not bad

next word?
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+camerahound
10/03/04 1:44 AM GMT
Gn c
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::noobguy
10/03/04 2:14 AM GMT
Aegean Sea
you can do better than that :-p
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::noobguy
10/03/04 2:36 PM GMT
new word:
rk
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LiquidguitarJP
10/03/04 5:59 PM GMT
rock
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-Graceless intrusion... Are you sanctified in your judgment of me? -Someone else's fate We are deciding (abortion) -I can see much clearor now I that I'm blind -I used to think death was the end -John Petrucci ...†Carpe Diem†... My lonely image: The Eye of the Beholder's Cousin
::noobguy
10/03/04 6:59 PM GMT
nope
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LiquidguitarJP
10/03/04 7:20 PM GMT
umm... thats hard... reck? arcade?
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::noobguy
10/03/04 10:32 PM GMT
not sure where u got arcade

i think most hints would give it away, i'll let someone else try b4 a hint
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gs208103
10/03/04 11:11 PM GMT
Rake?

Haha, these are tough!
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::noobguy
10/03/04 11:41 PM GMT
nope sorry
if I get one more person that guesses incorrect I'll give a hint
which will probably give it away :-p
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::Radjehuty
10/03/04 11:49 PM GMT
iraq?
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::noobguy
10/04/04 12:41 AM GMT
BAM!
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::Radjehuty
10/04/04 12:46 AM GMT
lol. I get alot of practice trying to decipher heiroglyphics, but believe it or not...its eaisier than this! Try this one:

rr brls

-can be really difficult...
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::noobguy
10/04/04 2:10 AM GMT
aurora borealis
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::noobguy
10/04/04 2:13 AM GMT
rr brls? i think u mispelled the "n-o-r-t-h-e-r-n l-i-g-h-t-s" pretty bad there
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::Radjehuty
10/04/04 3:01 AM GMT
Yeap you got it! lol sry for the slow reply...
and what do you mean I spelled it pretty bad? lol Im confused >_<
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::noobguy
10/04/04 1:41 PM GMT
ok, heres another 2 letter one that could have way too many possibilities:
nm
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::Radjehuty
10/04/04 5:17 PM GMT
enima? LOL
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::noobguy
10/04/04 6:12 PM GMT
lol
difficult hint:
It was in the title of one of my old "dreamy" photos
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+Samatar
10/04/04 9:41 PM GMT
Enemy? Name? Gnome? Numb?
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+camerahound
10/04/04 10:32 PM GMT
anime
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::noobguy
10/05/04 12:46 AM GMT
gnome was right!
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::Radjehuty
10/05/04 2:29 AM GMT
wow thats a good one lol.

Just for another lil history snippet: It's eaisier in Egyptian because you might have a word like you spelled out "NM", but then it would have a determinative pictorial after it that would roughly describe what it is. Although I don't think there is anything to describe a gnome in ancient egyptian lol.

Try this:

nnm

-Can be pretty tough...
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LiquidguitarJP
10/05/04 2:38 AM GMT
gnome? lol... uhh..numb?
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::Radjehuty
10/05/04 2:40 AM GMT
2 "N"'s so there has to be a vowel sound separating them. Remember that the language is always phonetic which means no silent letters, double consonants, etc.
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+camerahound
10/05/04 3:03 AM GMT
Gnome? Pronounced or not, since when is G a vowel? [Greek gnm, from gignskein, to know. See gn- in Indo-European Roots.]
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::Radjehuty
10/05/04 3:27 AM GMT
makes no difference

basically you take the SOUND OF THE WORD and translitterate to letters. I don't actually pronounce the G in GNOME, so it's ignored. it is spelled NOM (Long O)
So you drop the vowel in NOM and its NM. I said NNM not NM
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::noobguy
10/05/04 8:44 AM GMT
when I made gnome I followed the process rules that Dave placed at the top of the discussion:
G-N-O-M-E went to
N-O-M went to
N-M

I have no idea about nnm, its too early to think and I havent tried, I'll crack it in a couple hrs.
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+camerahound
10/05/04 11:20 PM GMT
Anonym
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::Radjehuty
10/06/04 12:54 AM GMT
sry... I would give you a hint....but it would give it away! >_<
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bjb
10/08/04 4:55 PM GMT
I'd guess "no name" but in that case you would have seperated the two n's right? This one is driving me crazy. lol Then again, that doesn't take much.
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::Radjehuty
10/08/04 4:57 PM GMT
uhg its from the sea lol
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+camerahound
10/08/04 8:10 PM GMT
Anenome (You're right, Dave -- you gave it away!)
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::Radjehuty
10/08/04 8:11 PM GMT
Ding...ding... :D
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+camerahound
10/08/04 8:13 PM GMT
psd
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::Radjehuty
10/08/04 8:18 PM GMT
episode?
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::noobguy
10/08/04 9:25 PM GMT
paused? poised? psuedo? upside? posed? apposed? apodous?
pieced? peaced? paced?
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+camerahound
10/09/04 1:47 AM GMT
Behind curtain number 3 -- pseudo! Give that man a ceeegaar!
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::noobguy
10/09/04 2:05 AM GMT
:) gimmie some time for the next word, watching american presidential debate
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::noobguy
10/09/04 7:51 PM GMT
ftgf
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nidombasqua
10/10/04 5:38 PM GMT
is it photography?
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LiquidguitarJP
10/10/04 5:42 PM GMT
I'd say probably ..wow you guys are good ..I can't even began to logically start to figure these out.
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BIueDragonFIy
10/10/04 6:13 PM GMT
hey... I'm starting to get this...
photograph?

I'll be lucky if I get a word on my very first time
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+camerahound
10/10/04 8:19 PM GMT
Is the 'r' silent?
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::noobguy
10/10/04 9:12 PM GMT
its photography
process:
photography
fotografee
ftgrf
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::Radjehuty
10/10/04 9:14 PM GMT
You didn't include the "R" in the original post 6 posts up from here.
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::Radjehuty
10/10/04 9:19 PM GMT
and btw: it's fotagrafee :) All the "A"'s are either a AH or a AH, but in the back of the throat. But who cares when we drop the vowels ^^

Try this one:

frnlg

pretty tough...
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nidombasqua
10/10/04 10:16 PM GMT
phrenology?
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::Radjehuty
10/10/04 10:17 PM GMT
wow you're good! LOL! nice job :D
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nidombasqua
10/10/04 10:42 PM GMT
Thanks, I was taught to sound words out.
here's one, let me know if it is too hard

nmtp
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nidombasqua
10/12/04 6:06 PM GMT
too hard, sorry about that
how about
wtrfl
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::Radjehuty
10/12/04 9:11 PM GMT
oh sorry I was away for a while...now I got 2 to figure out :D

hmmm....

the first one is tough...
Is the second one Waterfall?
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BIueDragonFIy
10/12/04 11:17 PM GMT
yea, same! my brain went blank on how to do all this... =p
nmtp... hmm... my first thought was mountaintop... but the nm would be would be switched a tn would be popped into there I imagine...
but yea, first one's a headache waiting to happen, so I won't try. and I agree on Waterfall
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I believe in the sun even though it is slow in rising. I believe in you without realizing. I believe in rain though there are no clouds in the sky. I believe in truth even though people lie. I believe in peace though sometimes I am violent. I believe in God even though he is silent. --Unknown
+camerahound
10/13/04 10:04 AM GMT
waterfowl (only one L)

nametape
pneumatype
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::Radjehuty
10/13/04 12:21 AM GMT
Double consonants always get reduced to 1 when you turn it into a phonetic sound. Waterfall would be watrfal and so it would be Wtrfl
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+camerahound
10/13/04 1:16 PM GMT
Maybe, but not as clever as 'waterfowl'.
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nidombasqua
10/13/04 3:05 PM GMT
Nope, waterfall is correct. :)
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::Radjehuty
10/13/04 5:19 PM GMT
HA! :D

Give us a hint on that first one though...
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BIueDragonFIy
10/14/04 1:21 AM GMT
totally
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I believe in the sun even though it is slow in rising. I believe in you without realizing. I believe in rain though there are no clouds in the sky. I believe in truth even though people lie. I believe in peace though sometimes I am violent. I believe in God even though he is silent. --Unknown
nidombasqua
10/14/04 10:47 PM GMT
ok, something that sounds like what it is. That will give it away.
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::Radjehuty
10/14/04 10:53 PM GMT
That doesnt help at all :D

And Camerahound: Waterfowl would be wtrfwl, not wtrfl. W is a consonant sound :)
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+camerahound
10/14/04 11:05 PM GMT
onomatope
onomatopoeia
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BIueDragonFIy
10/15/04 1:11 AM GMT
ooo my favorite part of English!
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I believe in the sun even though it is slow in rising. I believe in you without realizing. I believe in rain though there are no clouds in the sky. I believe in truth even though people lie. I believe in peace though sometimes I am violent. I believe in God even though he is silent. --Unknown

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