This is a good tool for alphabetically sorting blocks of text. Other ones I found only seem to sort lists, which wasn't what I needed.

Here's a short line from my diary that I alphabetized just now... I let it remove punctuation but not duplicate words. Regard it as a new form of puzzle, if you like. :-P

"a am and bacon chomped Coco crossly drinking Have just sandwich small Vita"

At first, I was like.. but, why?

Then, read the line; "Regard it as a new form of puzzle, if you like" and the "why" changed to.. "I'm game!"

So..

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Or, if you would prefer..

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"I'm "Regard "why" a and as At but changed first form game "So I if it like like" line new of puzzle read the the Then to was why you

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Hmmmm.. not quotation mark friendly, it would appear. But, no matter.. onto the game!

Have just chomped a Vita bacon sandwich and am drinking a small crossly Coco.

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(*comparatively counts the number of words*)

My brain is broke.

:o|

OK, I was worried this wasn't going to be a good game, but I did laugh at that. 😸

It's like a jigsaw puzzle with pieces that almost fit, but have been jammed into the wrong spaces.

Almost there?

Have just chomped a Vita bacon sandwich and am crossly drinking a small Vita Coco.

???

a anywhere assume brand does fit it's me must name not of part seem so The to "Vita".

Close... it's "Have just crossly chomped a small bacon sandwich and am drinking Vita Coco."

The "Vita" does not seem to fit anywhere so assume it's part of a brand name... must me? (??)

is Gosh, this tough.

I can't actually remember what I said but you got the gist of it... just wanted to try it out. Now will do a proper one!

a at complete could heard Internet is keyboards know million monkeys not now of produce Shakespeare thanks that the to true we We�ve works

Ah. :-) New twist.

"We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true."

Oh wait... some words are missing. There's this version:

"We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true."

be best birds except if no possess sang sang silent talents that the there those Use very what will woods you

Use silent talents that those there birds sang; you will be the very best, except if no woods what sang possess.

There, that looks pretty good. *smiles smugly*

Buk buk.. chicken.

(*smiles even more smugly than Samatar*)

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You are all in trouble now. Since I found the Tool for Anti-Alphabetizing Text.

I have no clue what is going on here :)

Take a sentence.. run it through the tool that Tootles linked to in the original post to this discussion thread.. and it will alphabetize the words, and toss the punctuation (if chosen as an option).

So..

Now 'we' (speaking of the royal we, and generally speaking) have been trying to reassemble/guess the sentences that were run through the tool by each other and in turn by whomever guessed correctly.

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Well, almost all of 'we'.. not the guy with the inner imp running amok, though.. he's just been messing about for the most part.

(*inner imp raises hand for the guy*)

Lol, I think I like that better than the original quotation. It holds out hope that we will be the very best... unless, of course, the very best are already in the woods, in which case the game is up.

Having tested, it might be easier if we do leave punctuation in, as then we would know the first and last words at least.

That (keeping the punctuation) would make the scrambled quotation:

be best. birds except if no possess, sang sang silent talents that the there those Use very what will woods you

PS sit the inner imp down in front of a typewriter and see if it solves it?

(*retrieves keys for basement door and lock.. goes to let inner imp out*)

be best. birds except if no possess, sang sang silent talents that the there those Use very what will woods you

Let's see..

Use the silent talents you possess except if, those birds..

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Ok, my brain hoits now.

:o|

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I guess it would be easier if I used a piece of paper and pencil/pen. Instead of trying to do it in me pea brain only.

Noticing a forlorn-looking imp sitting with its head in its hands, Tootles leaves pen, paper, chamomile tea and cookies.

"Be best!" Sang the silent woods, "Use what talents you possess! If those very birds there sang, that will except no."

*Nods wisely*

I thought I was reading Tolkien for a minute there. Anyway, it starts well, then falls apart at the end. :-)

Try this:

a cold germ have I

Though the following means something completely different:

a caught cold germ I

OK let's try again... for reals this time.

Use the talents that you possess, if no birds sang there those very woods will be silent except what sang best.

OK I know that's not right... this is actually quite difficult.

Yes, it's tough. Here's a hint: the first two words are 'Use what'... that should free up a couple of other words you used at the beginning.

"Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best."

~ Henry van Dyke

a by is method of sound sound Sounding sounding sounds.

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It's a tongue twister, alright.

Sounding sounds is a sound method of sounding by sound.

?

Or...

Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.

Correct on.. #2 guess.

"I'm a are glad I in live Octobers." so there where world

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."

Weird sorting, on the note of the quotation marks?

Threw me for a bit.. till.. I remembered one of your fav reads/books.

Which, I believe, is "Anne of Green Gables" and then worked backwards from there with some of the words.

Good thinking. :-) The sorting is a bit off, but since it's the first word anyway, and we have to start somewhere...

Someone else's turn, if they want?

Still keeping it topical and seasonal..

"Autumn a by followed forward immediately is looking season spring " to

"Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring."

:-P I got it wrong actually. I tried "Autumn followed immediately by spring is a season looking forward," and was about to cry "but that makes no sense!"

Correct. :o)

Not sure on just how grammatically correct that sentence/quote is.. but.. hey.


You're up!

a day in is it... mistakes new no "Tomorrow with Yet."

Tomorrow is a day with no new mistakes in it... yet.

?

Nearly. :-) Clue... the punctuation clings to the right letters.

Edited

Just one word in the wrong place...

Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it... yet.

Spot on.. today is a new day with a correct answer. :-D

(No, I know that sounds garbled but you don't need to descramble it. I couldn't sleep, so it's a new day).