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It's all Greek to me
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Ziola
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 		It's all Greek to me
No really, it is. I play an ARG called the Coalition and recieved a letter in the mail from one of the characters. It contained comics drawn by the character. After closer examination, I saw that there were slight differences in the main character of the comics. It was then pointed out to me that the differences were actually Greek letters. Here's where I have a bit of a problem; my computer and I are not exactly on speaking terms right now (it seems to be mad at me and won't cooperate or download anything Twisted Evil ). So if anyone's got the time and the inclination, could you please help me out with this one? I know that the Greek letters are pointing to something but I have hit that point where (even though the solve will make me feel as dumb as they come), I just can't seem to make heads or tails of it. Pictures of the ;etters can be seen here http://tinyurl.com/a2r5em and the whole comic can be found here http://tinyurl.com/86rygm



Thanks in advance for the help!!

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catherwood
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 		Re: It's all Greek to me
Ziola wrote:
So if anyone's got the time and the inclination, could you please help me out with this one?

That discussion thread had the letters almost correct (except I do not understand why they were posted in reverse order) Here is page one and page two:

Κκ Kappa
Οο Omicron
Ιι Iota
Μμ Mu
Ηη Eta
Θθ Theta
Ωω Omega (accented?)

Δδ Delta
Εε Epsilon
Νν Nu (not Ζζ Zeta)
Θθ Theta
Εε Epsilon (accented?)
Λλ Lambda
Ωω Omega
Νν Nu (not Ζζ Zeta)
Αα Alpha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet -- I used this page to copy-paste the actual characters. Then I assembled them and played with the spacing until Babelfish gave me a translation.
κοιμηθω δεν θελω να = I sleep I do not want

That's as far as I could take it. I do not know Greek, so I cannot be certain that the spacing is correct, nor whether the translation makes sense. (And I didn't try to find any accented versions of the letters, which might make a difference)

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Ziola
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 		I hope you don't mind if I do two things; repost your solve giving you credit for it and bug you later on should I run into more puzzle trouble. The way the Coalition works anyone can become a PM in their own right by becoming an Ally or Adversary and most of the people who I used to bug to help my little brain out are now sorta off limits since they have inside info on certain things. They may or may not have the answer but I don't want to jeopardize anything by asking them for help. I'm a dork like that. Laughing

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Molnar
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 		I can verify, δεν θέλω να κοιμηθώ = I don't want to sleep. Try it out on Google translate.

ETA: There is an on-line Greek keyboard here, in case you have to translate Greek in the future.

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Ziola
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 		Thanks Molnar! I appreciate every little bit I can get. I'm a tiny bit puzzle-challenged. We had an Astride Checkers Square puzzle that I still don't understand, even though the solve and how the guy who got it figured it all out has been posted Laughing

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