LEXICON: Game without rules
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trocheeIf you read language blogs or Linguist List you've probably already found this.
LEXICON: Game without rules. I found it via Semantic Compositions and I'm proud to say I'm on screen 7 in less than 15 minutes.
It's really quite fun, if you're a linguistics fan and/or puzzle junkie (although this one is pretty linguistics-heavy). I think I could get into this kind of puzzle game if I had more time.
LEXICON: Game without rules. I found it via Semantic Compositions and I'm proud to say I'm on screen 7 in less than 15 minutes.
It's really quite fun, if you're a linguistics fan and/or puzzle junkie (although this one is pretty linguistics-heavy). I think I could get into this kind of puzzle game if I had more time.
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Date: 2006-03-26 09:22 pm (UTC)Each word is changed by one letter....
Does the pear have significance???
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Date: 2006-03-26 09:38 pm (UTC)But number 4 is hard! I found 4 pigs but I'm not sure what it wants hehe.
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Date: 2006-03-26 11:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-26 11:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-27 12:08 am (UTC)Have you taken a linguistics class?
If so, the pear in the middle is a pun for a linguistic term that describes the words heh.
The answer is the linguistic term in question.
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Date: 2006-03-27 12:02 am (UTC)It's a cryptogram with numbers, some of which are different colors (R=red, B=blue):
__ __ __ __ __ __ __
22 8 1R 5 1 15 5B
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
15 7R 21 8R 1 6 18B 5
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Date: 2006-03-27 12:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-27 12:36 am (UTC)I can't figure out the morpheme order... Heh
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Date: 2006-03-27 07:47 pm (UTC)8 took me much longer, partly because of a transposition in the graphic and partly because I wasn't trying.
once I got 8, I zoomed through and am now on 17 but haven't looked at it hard yet.
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Date: 2006-04-06 05:38 am (UTC)If I hadn't had your hint about the transposition, I wouldn't have gotten it at all, so thanks.
Any hints for number 16? It's probably really simple, but I have no formal linguistic training at all (I've gotten by using Google, Wikipedia, and guessing, and smattering of stuff picked up from here and there)
And did you ever solve 17?
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Date: 2006-04-06 07:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-07 06:31 am (UTC)But of course! How did I not see that?! The result is somewhat cryptic, of course, but Google explains what the mysterious anagram means.
Anyway, thanks again!
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Date: 2006-03-27 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-27 02:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-27 05:52 pm (UTC)I'm like...um I have no clue even where to start for this one. Where is that symbol used in linguistics anyhow?
I think it's like /tch/ but I'm not sure....
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Date: 2006-03-27 07:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-28 05:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-11 04:46 pm (UTC)S
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Date: 2006-04-11 05:02 pm (UTC)"place" and "manner" are relevant to more than one area of linguistics.
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Date: 2006-04-11 07:10 pm (UTC)S
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Date: 2006-03-27 02:53 am (UTC)Help!
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Date: 2006-03-27 02:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-27 11:56 am (UTC)Well, Troch thanks for a dangerous link!
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Date: 2006-03-27 07:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-27 08:40 pm (UTC)Emergence I say !!!!