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mann alive · Boot Joined: 21 Sep 2004 Posts: 52

what the hell sounds like 41? it is the halo universe so...

forty-one = orbital gun

no luck with "orbital_gun_position(s)"

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:24 pm

KwayZeeyT

What if SOUNDS LIKE <blank> means sounds like nothing, or space, or empty?

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:27 pm

coweringomega · Boot Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 11

Well I tried "obi_wan_politicians" but that didn't work. Laughing

Seriously, I do like using politicians, since Hertz is supposed to be a "divorced_bureaucrat".

Analyst_politicians didn't work either.

Back to lurking.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:29 pm

SuperJerms

As long as you are guessing at words, remember what is happening in the conversation. Might be talking about Nick, Standish, spying, Troy, glassing bases, orbital platforms, some sort of special day, getting a job, Earth's future, asassination, or some other element of Rani/Herzog life.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:52 pm

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Blicero · Veteran Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 93

my 2 cents.

first of all, what if the dashes are fill in the blanks?

"---------- SOUNDS LIKE ----------"

like, "DOG SOUNDS LIKE LOG"

Also, one of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning is a homonym. (homonym(s) = 404)

if the number of dashes matter, the only prepositions in the list that have ten chars are "UNDERNEATH" and "THROUGHOUT"

UNDERNEATH does not sound like THROUGHOUT, obviously, but I was thinking it might be a code? U = T, N = H, etc. probably not.

The most interesting lead I've found is what was hinted at earlier:
There are 41 phonemes in the English language (phoneme(s) = 404)
And a phoneme is a unit of SOUND in a language. "Sounds like" we're getting warmer? I hope so. this is driving me mad.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:30 pm

CoffeeJedi

Re: prepositions

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:39 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:46 pm

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One other thing: we've been taking "sounds like" to mean "___ sounds similar to". What if instead it means "sounds such as"? Then you might be able to get "sounds such as prepositions"... but that doesn't really make much sense. Just a crazy suggestion.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 3:58 pm

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My thought was prepositions (sound like) propositions...

But prepositions_propositions.wav and preposition_proposition.wav didn't work.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:05 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:09 pm

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dangit! i just scared myself! i thought... "hmm.... they're only directional prepositions.... so..... 'sounds like directions'... hmmm.... insurrections? no... insurrection!! OMGWTF!! I GOT! I GOT... oh... wait....... damnit... just Jan and Gilly from before...... grrrrrrrrrrrrr" Embarassed

there are a handfull of non-directional prepositions out there (for, of, like), the ones in the list are all directional however.... does that mean anything?

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pheoni · Boot Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posts: 12

Yet another long shot

Phonetic numerals
http://soundnumbers.com/

Sounds SNTS 0210
like LK 57
ABOUT PT 91
ABOVE PF 98
ACROSS KRSS 7400
AFTER FTR 814
AGAINST KNST 7201
ALONG LN 52
AMID MT 31
AMONG MN 32
AROUND RNT 421
ASIDE ST 01
AT T 1
BEFORE PFR 984
BEHIND PNT 921
BELOW PL 95
BENEATH PNT 921
BESIDE PST 901
BETWEEN PTN 912
BEYOND PNT 921
BY P 9
FROM FRM 843
IN N 2
INSIDE NST 201
INTO NT 21
NEAR NR 24
OFF F 8
ON N 2
ONTO NT 21
OPPOSITE PST 901
OUTSIDE TST 101
OVER FR 84
PAST PST 901
ROUND RNT 421
THROUGH TRK 147
THROUGHOUT TRKT 1471
TO T 1
TOWARD TRT 141
UNDER NTR 214
UNDERNEATH NTRNTJ 214216
WITH TJ 16
WITHIN TN 12
WITHOUT TT 11

Link to table[/url]

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:13 pm

Ralen · Boot Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Posts: 44

Alright I've got an idea. I don't think the number 41 is important, because there aren't all that many prepositions to begin with unless you start combining words or changing plurality. Also, not all of these necessarily represent a location. The underlying rule for a preposition is that it specifies "Time and Place". Before, After, etc. could specify time as well as place, so I don't think these are all locational.

Now my current thinking is.. "Sounds like Time and Place". (time_and_place.wav doesn't work incidentally).

So I think we should either look for words that rhyme with "Time and place" or try to think of an actual time and place.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:16 pm

thebruce

IMO, trying to think of possible filenames based on what could possibly be in the dialogue is a large waste of time - there's no guarantee that the filename will relate at all to the subject of the audio clip. One character at any point could say a cliche or metaphor or something, and that could be the filename, it's happened before...

so while you are free to try out possible phrases that may be used in the clip, I'd say your time would be better used trying to solve the puzzle...

but that's just IMO Wink

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:28 pm

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Clarence_Worley · Greenhorn Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 7

I had a thought that "SOUNDS LIKE" might refer to music and tried to see if the word list could be translated to notes in a scale. Here's what I came up with, using the length of the word and the dashes to represent a C Major scale, ending with C (since that's the first note).

**Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:35 pm